Lord Naoshige

'' If one has no vigour and spirit, one cannot thrust a spear properly. If one only feels prim and proper about everything, one's heart gets constricted and one cannot work like a man. One has to feel stretched taut like a drawn bow, and at times one has to talk in a grandiloquent way - then one can fulfil the work of a bushi.'' Nabeshima Naoshige in the art of the samurai (Hagakure) from Yamamoto Tsunetomo's translated to English by Barry D. Steben and rented from aikidoka Barry :)