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“True courage knows fear. It knows how to fear that which should be feared. Honest people value life passionately, they hang on to it like a precious jewel. And they pick the right time and place to surrender it, to die with dignity.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

“There's nothing more frightening than a half-baked do-gooder who knows nothing of the world but takes it upon himself to tell the world what's good for it.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi

“Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

“If the young cannot harbor great dreams in their souls, who can?”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era