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Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes
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A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind never stops. Death is considered loss and life is considered gain. Thus, death is something that such a person does not care for, and he is contemptable. Furthermore, scholars and their like are men who with wit and speech hide their own true cowardice and greed. People often misjudge this (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Even if one’s head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man? (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don’t, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
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 (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one’s power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one’s heart can be seen (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)
You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate (Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes)