"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 breathing 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 secrets I make character my magic secret. I have no body I make endurance my body. I have no eyes I make the flash of lightening 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 thought" my strategy. I have no designs I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design. I have no miracles I make right-action my miracles. I have no principles I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles. I have no tactics I make emptiness and fullness my tactics. I have no talents 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."