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

As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.

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

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created in (their) minds, and by waiting for disaster, it is from their very minds that it occurs.

When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will not do to think about going at it in a long roundabout way. One's heart may slacken, he may miss his chance, and by and large there will be no success. The Way of the Samurai is one of immediacy, and it is best to dash in headlong.

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

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