The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one s…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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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. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.41, Kodansha International
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Continue to spur a running horse. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: … ▶
Matters of small concern should be treated seriously. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Fi … ▶
One 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 International
As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity. ✨ Hagakure. Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.
One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). Hagakure … ▶

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.41, Kodansha International

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