When you think you’re safe is precisely when you’re most vulnerable.
Bandits are coming, you fool. Your head is on the block, and all you think of are your whiskers?[to Manzo]
This is the nature of war: By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you’ll only destroy yourself.
In the end, we lost this battle too. I mean, the victory belongs to those peasants. Not to us.[to Shichiroji]
Find hungry samurai. Even bears come down from the mountains when they’re hungry.
Every great castle needs a breach. Draw the enemy there and attack. You can’t win by defense alone.
There’s nothing heroic about selfishly grabbing for glory. Listen to me: War is not fought alone![to Kikuchiyo]
Nothing forces you to run like a battle. You run when you attack, you run when you retreat. When you can’t run anymore, you die.
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In life one finds friends in the strangest places.
I’m Heihachi Hayashida. A modest warrior of the Wood-Chop School.
Defense is more difficult than offense.
Kids work harder than adults. But only if you treat them like adults.
