The way of the Samurai is found in death.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness.

What is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written "Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone to be disliked. One who has sinned is to be pitied all the more." There is no limit to the breadth and depth of ones heart. There is room enough for all. That we still worship the sages of the three ancient kingdoms is because their compassion reaches us yet today.