“Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.”

You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter.

You can only fight the way you practice.

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.

Do not fear death.

Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.