My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.
Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.
As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit
Do not think that this is all there is. More and more wonderful teachings exist.
If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course for years and you will naturally reach the profoundest levels. To know if water is hot or cold you must taste it yourself.
The world is wide, full of happenings. Keep this in mind and never believe 'I'm the onlyone who knows. '
Zen is like soap. First you wash with it, and then you wash off the soap.
There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
I confess, right at the start, to the doubts - and sometimes outright dreads - that go with me as I climb the stairs to my study in the morning, coffee mug in hand: I have to admit to the habitual apprehension mixed with a sort of reverence, as I light the incense. . . and wonder: what is going to happen today? Will anything happen? Will the angel come today?
Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.