“ We needed no Shakespeare to feel -- though, perhaps, like the rest of the world, we needed him to express it. Inazo Nitobe
“ Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will lon… Inazo Nitobe
“ A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit. In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mi… Inazo Nitobe
“ Did not Socrates, all the while he unflinchingly refused to concede one iota of loyalty to his daemon, obey with equal fidelity and equanimity the command of his earthly master, the State? His conscie… Inazo Nitobe
“ Read Hearn, the most eloquent and truthful interpreter of the Japanese mind, and you see the working of that mind to be an example of the working of Bushido. Inazo Nitobe
