Best 3 quotes of Yamaoka Tesshu on MyQuotes

If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course for years and you will naturally reach the profoundest levels. To know if water is hot or cold you must taste it yourself.

The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, in the Hirosawa Pond.

Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.