Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book Of The Samurai 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.
No matter if the enemy has thousands of men, there is fulfillment in simply standing them off and being determined to cut them all down, starting from one end.
Although this may be a most difficult thing, if one will do it, it can be done. There is nothing that one should suppose cannot be done.
