There would never be room for an onigiri in a fruits basket.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of info...
One of these days, will become a this day. And that day, will be the preeminent of days to come.
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard wo...
The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
It's so hard to find the place somewhere in the middle of the best and worst I've felt.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.
If you're not reaching back to help anyone then you're not building a legacy.