It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts are lacking in duty. Lacking in duty, they will have no self-respect.

There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

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

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

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.