Warrior's Creed

I have no parents:
I make the heaven and earth my parents. 

I have no home:
I make awareness my home. 

I have no life and death:
I make the tides of breathing my life and death. 

I have no divine powers:
I make honesty my divine power. 

I have no means:
I make understanding my means. 

I have no secrets:
I make my character my secret. 

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 miracles:
I make right action my miracle. 

I have no principles:
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle. 

I have no tactics:
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics. 

I have no talent:
I make 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 armor:
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor. 

I have no castle:
I make immovable mind my castle. 

I have no sword:
I make absence of self my sword. 

"Samurai Song, 14th Century" by Anonymous.