"Anyone can enter the most difficult of battles and die. It is easy for a squeamish but for a samurai it is a true fair decision in equanimity, and it is a true value to know how to live when it is to live and die when it is to die. "
"Prince of the Mito-
- Only when you have courage can you be free.
- It is a virtue intimately related to respect for the other, even though it is an enemy
- The strength and the power you have should be used for the good of all people.
- Justice is simply knowing how to define what is right and to differentiate it from what is not.
- You must have a great sense of responsibility before you act or express yourself.
- In the path of the warrior, words are totally equivalent to acts.
- According to the path of the warrior, the greatest virtue of all of us is honor.