If the cuckoo will not sing, kill it.

There is nothing to be done about it.

A human life of fifty years, compared to the span beneath heaven, is nothing but a dream, an illusion.

He who plans more, wins. He who plans less, loses.

-- A Sengoku-era daimyo who transformed a single prov

A million hearts as one.

-- A Sengoku-era daimyo who transformed a single prov

Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as the mountain.

-- The 'Tiger of Kai' who transformed his landlocked mountain domain into one of Sengoku Japan's most formidable military powers

I came as dew, I vanish as dew — all that I was, all I achieved at Naniwa, is a dream within a dream.

-- The peasant who became ruler of all Japan

凡兵之道莫過乎一。一者能独往独来。

-- A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military the

I share the same clothing and food as the lowest-ranking soldier.

-- A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military the