“Silence is death, and you, if you talk, you die, and if you remain silent, you die. So, speak out and die.”
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“To be driven by our appetites alone is slavery, while to obey a law that we have imposed on ourselves is freedom.”
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“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; as things are completed, there is wisdom. This is the virtue of one’s character, and the Way of joining the internal and external. Thus, when we use this, everything is correct.”
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“We read, I think, to repair our solitude, though pragmatically the better we read, the more solitary we become. ”
― Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
― Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
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