Japanese-literature Quote by Eiji Yoshikawa

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“I can only bow to the will of the heaven, but not to the will of these men.”

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“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

“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

“kalau agama itu ajaran sehat, kita tak akan membutuhkan nabi-nabi untuk menyampaikannya kepada kita. -Takuan”

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“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

The line between life and death is not thicker than an eyelid.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“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