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“The world is full of people who are not bad, but weak, people who bring unnecessary misfortune upon themselves and others for no reason but weakness. A heroic spirit that's not devoted to human progress may be empty and meaningless, but goodness that is lacking in the spirit of heroism is often empty as well.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

“That is why I think the first, most basic step in these matters is to start with the moments of real feeling in your life, when your heart is truly moved, and to think about the meaning of those. The things that you feel most deeply, from the very bottom of your heart, will never deceive you in the slightest. And so at all times, in all things, whatever feelings you may have, consider these carefully.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

“Still, I can become a good person. I can become a good person and create one good person for the world.
And I think that if I can just do that, then I might become a person who can create even more than that.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

“As for why this is so-please remember this well-it's because in the world today, the vast majority of people are poor. So the vast majority of the people in this world are unable to live their lives in a way that is really human-this is the problem of our time, greater than any other.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?