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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.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Heart
Men
Self
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Strong
Determination
Moving
A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Warrior
Storm
Stay Strong
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Life
Running
Wisdom
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one’s master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Fall
Earthquakes
InevitableDeath
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Giving
Judging
Firsts
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
SomewhereElse
Looks
Moments
As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
War
World
Sincerity
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Life
Buddhist
Men
If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
War
Enemy
Battle
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Dream
Real
Men
Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Serious
Matters
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
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Life
Buddhist
Men
If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Resolved
Facing
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
War
Mean
LifeAndDeath
It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Art
Military
War
There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Grateful
Heart
Lines
A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Real
Men
Thinking
In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and onde day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke big words but acted differently when facing the real thing.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Life
Real
Men
The deepest love is often hidden.
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
LoveIs
DeepestLove