See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature. It is the same with human life. Victory and defeat are one in the vast… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Don't yield! Keep up your courage! The same sun looks down on all of us! — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“I can only bow to the will of the heaven, but not to the will of these men.” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“kalau agama itu ajaran sehat, kita tak akan membutuhkan nabi-nabi untuk menyampaikannya kepada kita. -Takuan” — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
