Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.

In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

The end is important in all things.

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

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.

Two things are needed to raise awareness: education and love. And these go hand in hand because we can be taught to love.

The world is full of terrible suffering, compared to which the small inconveniences of my childhood are as a drop of rain in the sea.

A writer is never just looking out of a window or staring into space. They are building a universe to share with the world

I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations.

Then, on my way to California, I decided to stop in New York to do some research. I couldn't leave, because that's where the music was!

I keep getting cast as this bad guy, and I don't know why.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.

This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.

True prayer is a lonely business.