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There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.
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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It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.
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Sincerity does not only complete the self it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed, there is human-heartedness as things are completed, there is wisdom. This is the virtue of one’s character, and the Way of joining the internal and external. Thus, when we use this, everything is correct.
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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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Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.
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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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A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's heart can be seen.
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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational 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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To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.
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When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.
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The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.
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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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Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.
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As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.
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Continue to spur a running horse.
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Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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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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When delivering something like an important letter or other written materials, grasp it firmly in your hand as you go and do not release it once, but hand it over directly to the recipient.
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The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
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