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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts are lacking in duty. Lacking in duty, they will have no self-respect.”
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“It is spiritless to think that you cannot attain to that which you have seen and heard the masters attain. The masters are men. You are also a man. If you think that you will be inferior in doing something, you will be on that road very soon.”
Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“Practice in letter writing goes to the extent of taking care in even one-line letters. It is good if all the above contain a quiet strength. Moreover, according to what the priest Ryōzan heard when he was in the Kamigata area, when one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.”
Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“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.”
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.”
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

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