Quotes by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

Good Times

Punishment

War

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

Men

Real

Thinking

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

Stay Strong

Storm

Warrior

All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

Effort

Jobs

Men

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one’s hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

Hands

Men

War

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

Sincerity

War

World

As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.

Long

People

War

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.

Distraction

Moments

War

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

Men

Shame

War

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

Beginners

War

Way

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Buddhist

Calling

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Cutting

Desire

Determination

Distraction

Doe

Down And

Effort

Enemy

Entering

Eye

Fate

Flower

Good Life

Good Times

Grateful

Hands

Heart

Horse

Humanity

Important

Jobs

Life

Life And Death

Lines

Long

Looks

Lowest

Martial Arts

Matter

Mean

Men

Military

Mind

Mistake

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Quotes by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one’s hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.

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.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

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