I am a student of Karate for some years now and I find these rules to have a great impact on my life.. some of them were the basis for my helping to make this clan. I present to you now the philosophical rules of Shotokan Karate as stated by Master Ginchin Funakoshi(In link form to save space).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niju_kun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo_kun