Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

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.

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

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.

That's why the firm foundation of every land must be morality untarnished which, if destroyed, Rome will fall and founder.

It's these little things, they can pull you underLive your life filled with joy and wonderI always knew this altogether thunderWas lost in our little lives

It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts.

I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him.

Great people attract great people. The quality of your team can play a big role in employee happiness.

When you have a Jewish mother who has a very strong Jewish family, it's very ethnic in its practices. Eating brisket, the food and the family and the interconnectedness for better or worse.

Every old poem is sacred.

Every life is, more or less, a ruin among whose debris we have to discover what the person ought to have been.

Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song.

Simple ideas become obsessions, almost like a meditation.