“According to his thinking, man was not born for a particular purpose. Quite the opposite: a purpose developed only with the birth of an individual. To objectively fabricate a purpose at the outset and to apply it to a human… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“Daisuke was of course equipped with conversation that, even if they went further, would allow him to retreat as if nothing had happened. He had always wondered at the conversations recorded in Western novels, for to him they were too bald, too self indulgent, and moreover, too unsubtly rich. However they read in the original, he thought they reflected a… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share
“His grin seemed to say, “It is, for some strange reason, considered proper to congratulate people on such occasions as this.” — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“He is totally abandoned in the way he buys book after book, never to read a single one. I wouldn't mind if he used… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“Use your intellect to guide you, and you will end up putting people off. Rely on your emotions, and you will forever be pushed… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.” — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“One day, with his usual head (I do not mean to imply that one can change heads as one changes hats, wearing at will… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“But do you imagine there’s a certain type of person in the world who conforms to the idea of a ‘bad person'? You’ll never… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“He had always been a middle-of-the-road sort. He had never submitted word for word to anyone's command, but neither had he passionately rebelled against… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our… — Natsume Soseki Copy Share Image
“It is painfully easy to define human beings. They are beings who, for no good reason at all, create their own unnecessary suffering.” — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“That Seigo could go into geisha houses, accept luncheon invitations, drop in at the Club, see people off at Shimabashi, meet them at Yokohama,… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype… — Natsume Soseki Copy Share Image
