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Saturday, 2 January 2010

Samurai Shortstop - Samurai Wisdom

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Click the link after your favorite line below to link to a printable samurai wisdom mini-poster. (Requires Adobe PDF Reader.)

A little foolishness, enough to enjoy life, and a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do. (Osho) click here 

Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory, and you will come home with no wounds whatever. (Uesugi Kenshin) click here 

Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree. (Takeda Shingen) click here 

A truly righteous man does good deeds without letting his beneficiary know of his deeds. (Dogen) click here 

If a person is determined to accomplish something without fear of the outcome, anything is possible. (Miyamoto Musashi) click here 

True victory is not defeating an enemy. True victory gives love and changes the enemy's heart. (Morihei Ueshiba) click here 

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. (Morihei Ueshiba) click here 

Do nothing which is of no use. (Miyamoto Musashi) click here 

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. (Miyamoto Musashi) click here 

The secret to catching a ball lies with the willow swaying in the wind. (Shiki Masaoka) click here


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