Yamamoto TsunetomoIn the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is… ▶372Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThe way of the Samurai is found in death. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.4, Xist Publishing372DeathReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThe deepest love is often hidden.373Love
Yamamoto TsunetomoGo ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010).… ▶375LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoBy bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man? ✨ Hagakure. Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.331Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThere are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.61, Xist Publishing365HumanityReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoAll of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would … ▶332LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoIt is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear. ✨ … ▶355Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoIf a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that “All abilities come from one mind” sounds as though it has to do with sentient m… ▶355DeathLifeReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoBushido 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. ✨ Hagakure. Book b… ▶301DeathLifeReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThe end is important in all things. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2006). Hagakure: Selections: Or, the Way of the Samurai, p.38, ReadHowYouWant.com335Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoTether even a roasted chicken. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of… ▶335LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoWhen one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will not do to think about going at it in a long rounda… ▶302LifeLovePhilosophy
Yamamoto TsunetomoIf a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomor… ▶313LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoLooking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the S… ▶336HumanityPhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoOne must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in… ▶347ReadingThought
Yamamoto TsunetomoIt is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down. ✨ Yamamoto Tsuneto… ▶282LifeReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoIf one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book … ▶293ReadingThought
Yamamoto TsunetomoOne should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.47, Kodansha Interna… ▶304Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThere is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a certain Way and never thinks of himself a… ▶349LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoA samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Sa… ▶338Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThere is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under… ▶349Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoWhat is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone to be disliked. One who has sinned is to be pitied all… ▶338LoveReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoMeditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears an… ▶349DeathReadingReflection
Yamamoto TsunetomoNot 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 ri… ▶251HopeThoughtTime
Yamamoto TsunetomoThere 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 nothi… ▶273LifePhilosophyReading
Yamamoto TsunetomoIt is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that. At first putting forth great effort to be… ▶317LifeReadingThought
Yamamoto TsunetomoEven if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.21,… ▶285Reading
Yamamoto TsunetomoThis 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 free… ▶263DeathLifeLove
Yamamoto TsunetomoTo desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, D. E. Tarver (2002). The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, p.18, iUnivers… ▶274Sadness
