To desire with oneโs very soul every second of every day to accomplish oneโs aim.
Yamamoto TsunetomoA real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.
Yamamoto TsunetomoIt is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.
Yamamoto TsunetomoIf a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that โAll abilities come from one mindโ sounds as though it has to do with sentient matters, but it is in fact a matter of being unattached to life and death. With such non-attachment one can accomplish any feat.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo