Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.18, Xist Publishing
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