“Anywhere there is life, there are eyes. And things, too, speak to those who have ears to hear.” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying. — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“She needed intimacy and a sense of partaking in, not just observing, real life.” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure. — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being. — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life. — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“Whether people were great or not, there was not much variety in their inner life experience. Any difference lay merely in how… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“If the talents I was born with are the right ones, I may someday achieve my goal. If not, I may go… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
To Kiyomori each stall, each soul here seemed borne under by the crushing weight of the world; everyone here was a pitiful… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“Takuan had taught him: the truly brave man is one who loves life, cherishing it as a treasure that once forfeited can… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that he had forgotten the lesson Takuan had taught him: the truly brave man is one who loves life, cherishing… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object—the joy of living—is not in the peak… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“His own life on earth was short, limited; the beauty and splendor of Mount Fuji eternal. Annoyed and a little depressed, he… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“In the ashes on the hearth Saigyo traced and retraced the word, "pity." He had yet to learn to accept life with… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“How was Gengo to know, Saigyo reflected, that this unheroic existence imposed even greater torment than the icy lashings of the Nachi… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“How was Gengo to know, Saigyo reflected, that this unheroic existence imposed even greater torment than the icy lashings of the Nachi Falls in… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“He used to say that a true rōnin did not seek fame or profit, did not curry favor with the powerful, did not attempt… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“A wanderer with no ideal, no sense of gratitude for his independence, is no more than a beggar! The difference between a beggar and… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“Lord Karasumaru considered it a grave mistake on the part of the gods to have made a man like himself a nobleman. And, though… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“I can only bow to the will of the heaven, but not to the will of these men.” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“People were born with two hands; why not use both of them? As it was, swordsmen fought with only one sword, and often one… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“If the talents I was born with are the right ones, I may someday achieve my goal. If not, I may go through life… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“kalau agama itu ajaran sehat, kita tak akan membutuhkan nabi-nabi untuk menyampaikannya kepada kita. -Takuan” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“Fighting isn’t all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“How to make his mother, whom he imagined to be the unhappiest person in the world, the happiest, was what drove him on.” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“Whether people were great or not, there was not much variety in their inner life experience. Any difference lay merely in how they dealt… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever natural gifts… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
“Musashi wondered how many people there were who on this night could say: “I was right. I did what I should have done. I… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share
