All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. |
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. |
Do nothing which is of no use. |
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death |
I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. |
I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. |
In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit. |
People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is bewilderment... |
Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. |
Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. |
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. |