Week 2021-10: Martial Arts Maxims, Sayings & Maxims

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." (Samurai maxim)

"If sensation is considered to be perception through one's senses, then intuition can be considered perception through the unconscious." (Ninpö saying)

"Only a heart unburdened by temporal loyalties can see what is right and what is wrong. All else is conceit." (Shinobi proverb)

"Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back." (Samurai maxim)

"The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life." (Samurai maxim)

"The base of the shinobi's beliefs lies within an obedience to the laws of nature." (Shinobi saying)

"The shinobi's legacy is one of service to those in need, protection to those in distress, and strength to those who are overpowered." (Shinobi proverb)

"The tree that cannot bend in a fierce wind breaks." (Shinobi proverb)

"'The true essence of ninjutsu and the secrets contained within can only be realized when one studies between the words of the teaching scroll." (Ninpö proverb)

"To know and to act are one and the same." (Samurai maxim)

"Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice." (Samurai maxim)

"What the cherry blossom is among flowers, bushi warriors are among men." (Japanese saying)

Week 2021-09: Japanese Maxims. Sayings & Proverbs

"A dog will remember a three days’ kindness for three years; while a cat will forget three years’ kindness in three days." (Japanese saying)

"Because there are fools, wise men look well." (Japanese saying)

"Better than a 1000 days of diligent study by oneself, is one day with a great mentor." (Japanese proverb)

"Don’t rub salt on a sore." (Japanese saying)

"Drink and sing: an inch before us is black night." (Japanese saying)

"Flowers will bloom on widows; maggots will be hatched on widowers." (Japanese saying)

"He is poor who does not feel content." (Japanese proverb)

"He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other." (Japanese proverb)

"He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger." (Japanese saying)

"If you hate a man, let him live." (Japanese saying)

"If you throw cakes at a man, he will throw cakes at you." (Japanese saying)

"In the eyes of the lover, pockmarks are dimples." (Japanese saying)

"It is no use applying eye-medicine from a two-storey window." (Japanese saying)

"It is the melancholy face that gets stung by the bee." (Japanese saying)

"It is the tortoise that discounts the value of a pair of fast legs." (Japanese saying)

"Let the past drift away with the water." (Japanese saying)

"Look the other way when the girl in the teahouse smiles." (Japanese saying)

"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists." (Japanese saying)

"The doctor cures the sick man who does not die." (Japanese saying)

"The focused mind can pierce through stone." (Japanese maxim)

"The string of a man’s sack of patience is generally tied with a slipknot." (Japanese saying)

"The village that shines in the moonlight leaves a different impression in the souls of different people." (Japanese saying)

"There are some gods that abandon men - they are the gods that know men." (Japanese saying)

"Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods."  (Japanese proverb)

"To endure the unendurable is true endurance." (Japanese saying)

"To teach is to learn." (Japanese saying)

"Unless you enter the tiger’s den, you cannot take the cubs." (Japanese proverb)

"When something falls into the hands of the painter or the lawyer, white becomes black." (Japanese saying)

"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." (Japanese proverb)

"You learn more from getting used to things than from studying." (Japanese saying)