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• In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to…
• The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his own strength.…
• I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or…
• No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then…
• All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.
• In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required…
• The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in…
• French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great…
• Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
• There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune…
• The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no…
• A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor…

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