A Bullet From A Gun Does Not

There Are Many Ways Of Understanding Simple Things, But Generally The Opposite Is True For Difficult Ideas

When In A Fight To The Death, One Wants To Employ All One's Weapons To The Utmost. I Must Say That To Die With One's Sword Still Sheathed Is Most Regrettable.

It Is Difficult To Realize The True Way Just Through Sword-fencing. Know The Smallest Things And The Biggest Things, The Shallowest Things And The Deepest Things.

The Primary Thing When You Take A Sword In Your Hands Is Your Intention To Cut The Enemy, Whatever The Means. Whenever You Parry, Hit, Spring, Strike Or Touch The Enemy's Cutting Sword, You Must Cut The Enemy In The Same Movement. It Is Essential To Attain This. If You Think Only Of Hitting, Springing, Striking Or Touching The Enemy, You Will Not Be Able Actually To Cut Him.

Aspire To Be Like Mt. Fuji, With Such A Broad And Solid Foundation That The Strongest Earthquake Cannot Move You, And So Tall That The Greatest Enterprises Of Common Men Seem Insignificant From Your Lofty Perspective. With Your Mind As High As Mt Fuji You Can See All Things Clearly. And You Can See All The Forces That Shape Events; Not Just The Things Happening Near To You.