“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 [...]

“These are the teachings of Yamamoto Jin’emon:
‘Singlemindedness is all-powerful.’
‘Tether even a roasted chicken.’
‘Continue to spur a running horse.’
‘A man who will criticize you openly carries no connivance.’
‘A man exists for a generation, but his name lasts to the end of time.’
‘Money is a thing that will be there when asked for. A good man is [...]

“Once a group of ten blind masseuses were traveling together in the mountains, and when they began to pass along the top of a precipice, they all became very cautious, their legs shook, and they were in general struck with terror. Just then the leading man stumbled and fell off the cliff. Those that were [...]

“A person who does not want to be struck by the enemy’s arrows will have no divine protection. For a man who does not wish to be hit by the arrows of a common solider, but rather those of a warrior fame, there will be the protection to which he has asked.” - Hagakure (Book [...]

“No matter what it is, there is nothing that cannot be undone. If one manifests the determination, he can move heaven and earth as he pleases. But because man is pluckless, he cannot set his mind to it. Moving heaven and earth without putting forth effort is simply a matter of concentration.” - Hagakure (Book [...]