If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.

Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.

The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.

In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.