Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
Do nothing that is of no use.
You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.
If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.
The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them.
It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet.
You can only fight the way you practice.
Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you.
All men are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them.
To know ten thousand things, know one well.
The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.
By knowing what exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void. People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is confusion.
What I call the void is where nothing exists. It is about things outside man’s knowledge. Of course the void does not exist. By knowing what exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void.
Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.
In large-scale strategy, it is beneficial to strike at the corners of the enemy’s force. If the corners are overthrown, the spirit of the whole body will be overthrown.
Respect the gods, without relying on their help.
Step by step, walk the thousand-mile road.
Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is...
The purpose of today’s training is to defeat yesterday’s understanding.