Anonymous ID: 2ac018 March 12, 2019, 4:21 p.m. No.5647884   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7930 >>8322

A Warrior's Creed

I have no parents–I make the heavens and earth my parents.

I have ho home–I make awareness my home.

I have no life or death–I make the tides of breathing my life and death.

I have no divine power–I make honesty my divine power.

I have no means–I make understanding my means.

I have no magic secrets–I make character my magic secret.

I have no body–I make endurance my body.

I have no eyes–I make the flash of lightning my eyes.

I have no ears–I make sensibility my ears.

I have no limbs–I make promptness my limbs.

I have no strategy–I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.

I have no designs–I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.

I have no miracles–I make right-action my miracles.

I have no principles–I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.

I have no tactics–I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.

I have no talents–I make ready wit my talent.

I have no friends–I make my mind my friend.

I have no enemy–I make carelessness my enemy.

I have no armor–I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.

I have no castle–I make immovable-mind my castle.

I have no sword–I make absence of self my sword.

–Anonymous Samurai, 14th century