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- The end is important in all things.
- There is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a…
- It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things…
- Sincerity does not only complete the self; it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed, there is human-heartedness;…
- All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require…
- The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at…
- In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for…
- Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That…
- What is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written "Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone to be disliked.…
- Singlemindedness is all-powerful.
- In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them…
- If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that “All abilities come from one…
- Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
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