If one is secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolution to help manage the affairs of the province, though I be reborn as a Nabeshima samurai seven times. One needs neither vitality nor talent. In a word, it is a matter of having the will to shoulder the clan by oneself.

Matters of great concern should be treated lightly.” Master Ittei commented, “Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.

Existen límites a la sabiduría del ser humano, arbusto débil, sacudido por el viento.