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Do nothing that is of no use - Author object (585)

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won. - Author object (585)

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world - Author object (585)

Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man. - Author object (585)

from one thing, know ten thousand things - Author object (585)

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain - Author object (585)

You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you. - Author object (585)

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. - Author object (585)

there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself. - Author object (585)

1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling. 4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. 5. Be detached from desire your whole life long. 6. Do not regret what you have done. 7. Never be jealous. 8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation. 9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others. 10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love. 11. In all things have no preferences. 12. Be indifferent to where you live. 13. Do not pursue the taste of good food. 14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need. 15. Do not act following customary beliefs. 16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful. 17. Do not fear death. 18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age. 19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help. 20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour. 21. Never stray from the Way. - Author object (585)

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them - Author object (585)

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet - Author object (585)

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself - Author object (585)

Conquer anger by love, evil by good; conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. - Author object (71)

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. - Author object (71)

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all - Author object (71)

She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. - Author object (71)

In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength. - Author object (71)

You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers. - Author object (71)

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. - Author object (71)