10 quotes from The Book of the Samurai to awaken your warrior spirit ๐งต
1 - Exceptional warriors (kusemono) are dependable men. Dependable men are exceptional warriors.
2 - Nothing is impossible. With single-minded resolve (ichinen), heaven and earth can be moved as one pleases.
3 - To do "good" as a samurai is to withstand hardship. To not endure suffering is sinful.
4 - Living without mistake is truly impossible. But this is something that people who live by cleverness have no inclination to think about.
5 - Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate.
6 - To summarize the essence of samuraihood, the warrior must internalize the virtues of wisdom (chi), compassion (jin) and courage (yลซ).
7 - It is bad to carry even a good thing too far. Even concerning things such as Buddhism, Buddhist sermons, and moral lessons, talking too much will bring harm.
8 - Bushido means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.
9 - It is spiritless to think that you cannot attain to that which you have seen and heard the masters attain. The masters are men. You are also a man. If you think that you will be inferior in doing something, you will be on that road very soon.
10 - When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.
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May every day make you stronger.
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