78 Quotes by Eiji Yoshikawa

Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

Love was like a toothache.

Instead of wanting to be like this or that, make yourself into a silent, immovable giant. That’s what the mountain is. Don’t waste your time trying to impress people. If you become the sort of man people can respect, they’ll respect you, without your doing anything.

The truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.

Those who love seek a philosophy and, because of this, are fond of solitude.

Everything in the world is good. But if you’re not careful, even good things can turn against you.

Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don’t have too much Or you’ll surely get drunk.