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Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Age: 60 †
Born: 1659
Born: June 11
Died: 1719
Died: November 30
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Hizen Domain
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Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.
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By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.
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If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.
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There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.
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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.
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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.
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Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.
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Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.
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This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.
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One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.
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Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.
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To desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim.
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Singlemindedness is all-powerful.
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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.
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