One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

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.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

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

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

There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.