Shinken Redo Shiba Takeru "True strength is the flower of Wisdom, but its seed is action." "Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it." "Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant."

"...Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies, don't you think?”