I have no parents - I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home - I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death - I make the tides of my breath, my life and death.
I have no divine power - I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means - I make understanding my means.
I have no magic - I make character my magic.
I have no body - I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes - I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears - I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs - I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy - I make unshadowed by thougtht my strategy.
I have no design - I make seizing opportunity my design.
I have no miracles - i make my right action my miracles.
I have no principles - I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics - I make emptiness my tactics.
I have no talent - I make my ready wit my talent.
I have no friends - I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy - I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armour - I make benevolence and righteousness my armour.
I have no sword - I make absence of self my sword.
I have no castle - I make my immovable mind my castle.
-c1500 Japan.