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They told him off for his stupidity. Far better to let the animal be found than lose his life. “No!” he replied, though mortally wounded. “Better to die without giving in to the pain than to save a life and live ever after in disgrace.”
Anthony Everitt • The Rise of Athens
HO-SHANG KUNG says, “Those who honor the Way and Virtue are not fond of weapons. They keep hatred from their hearts. They eliminate disaster before it arises. They are angered by nothing. They use kindness among neighbors and virtue among strangers. They conquer their enemies without fighting and command through humility.”
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
“Let’s never forget,” he says, “the value of being the last man standing.”
William Green • Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
Even the peerless sword master Miyamoto Musashi entered the fighting square to learn as much as to teach.
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
Misaki understood at that moment that Hiroshi was struggling to voice a terror beyond his vocabulary. The firstborn Matsudas—Takashi and Mamoru—had been ‘big’ to Hiroshi in more than their age and physical size. He was talking about the size of their skill, their strength, their responsibility. They had both been massively powerful figures in
... See moreM. L. Wang • The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story
Harris left Shimoda on November 23, 1857, accompanied by his Dutch interpreter, Henry Heusken,20 and escorted by a great many soldiers provided by the shogunate, anxious to ensure that no mishap occur on the way. In the number of soldiers, the heralds, and in many other respects, it was much like a daimyo’s procession. Harris wrote in his diary,
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