--- title: "1 Living Merely Quotes By Yukio Mishima" description: "1 Living Merely quotes by Yukio Mishima. Plus more from Yukio Mishima and more Living Merely sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg" --- > [...living is merely the chaos of existence...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg) ## More by Yukio Mishima > [When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/when-a-captive-lion-steps-out-of-his-cage-he-comes-into-a-wider-world/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room - a cry of boundless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/suddenly-the-full-long-wail-of-a-ship-s-horn-surged-through-the-open/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [The purest evil that human efforts could attain, in other words, was probably achieved by those men who made their wills the same and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/the-purest-evil-that-human-efforts-could-attain-in-other-words-was/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [“Because in the pupils of his eyes there lingered the mysterious and eternal horizon that the sea leaves as a keepsake deep in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/because-in-the-pupils-of-his-eyes-there-lingered-the-mysterious-and/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/as-usual-it-occurred-to-me-that-words-were-the-only-thing-that-could/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/mine-was-the-unbearable-jealousy-a-cultured-pearl-must-feel-toward-a/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [“Svoju patnju, koju prihvatam, moram da prihvatim kao dragocenost. Ne postoji nijedan ispirač zlata koji iskopava samo zlato. Ispirač vadi pesak sa korita reke,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/svoju-patnju-koju-prihvatam-moram-da-prihvatim-kao-dragocenost-ne/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [I am one who has always been interested only in the edges of the body and the spirit, the outlying regions of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/i-am-one-who-has-always-been-interested-only-in-the-edges-of-the-body/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [Just let matters slide. How much better to accept each sweet drop of the honey that was Time, than to stoop to the vulgarity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/just-let-matters-slide-how-much-better-to-accept-each-sweet-drop-of/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [“Great cloud masses boiled up, immense in their quiet majesty. They seemed to drink up all the noise below, even the sound of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/great-cloud-masses-boiled-up-immense-in-their-quiet-majesty-they/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/the-special-quality-of-hell-is-to-see-everything-clearly-down-to-the/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/it-is-a-rather-risky-matter-to-discuss-a-happiness-that-has-no-need/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [“Again, Saburo Tominaga once went to the Shirakawa Prefectural Office to cash his brother Morikuni’s bonus bond and, unwilling to touch paper currency defiled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/again-saburo-tominaga-once-went-to-the-shirakawa-prefectural-office/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [“To be strong and true had been the most important task he had set himself since early childhood. Once, as a boy, he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/to-be-strong-and-true-had-been-the-most-important-task-he-had-set/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) > [What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/what-transforms-this-world-is-knowledge-do-you-see-what-i-mean/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-merely/yukio-mishima/#itemlist", "name": "1 Living Merely Quotes By Yukio Mishima", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...living is merely the chaos of existence...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yukio Mishima" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...living is merely the chaos of existence...” — Yukio Mishima", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-merely/yukio-mishima/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-merely/yukio-mishima/", "name": "Living Merely Quotes by Yukio Mishima", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-merely/yukio-mishima/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg" }, "description": "1 Living Merely quotes by Yukio Mishima. 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