Quotes from Eiji Yoshikawa

The most important principle For victory in war Is having your soldiers Die gladly.

A fief, the elder Hosokawa had advised, was like a castle wall built of many rocks. A rock that could not be cut to fit in comfortably with the others would weaken the whole structure, even though the rock itself might be of admirable size and quality. The daimy? of the new age left the unsuitable rocks in the mountains and fields, for there was an abundance of them. The great challenge was to find one great rock that would make an outstanding contribution to one's own wall.

Sambil berbalik, ia menitikkan setetes air mata bagi provinsinya, lalu tiba-tiba memacu kudanya. "Maut! Aku takkan mencemarkan nama Yang Mulia Shingen!" Suaranya tenggelam dalam lautan musuh. (Jendral Baba Nobufusa)

Their disagreements were often like this, beginning with a violent clash of emotions, a locking of horns in implacable antagonism. Mutual understanding was undermined before it ever had a chance to grow.

You'll find, my friend, that in the gutters of this floating world, much of the trash consists of fallen flowers.

Orang dengan pikiran berliku-liku tak pernah sungguh-sungguh mengenali lawannya. Ia seperti pemburu yang mengejar rusa tanpa melihat gunung-gunung di sekelilingnya.

What if the bird will not sing? Nobunaga answers, "Kill it!" Hideyoshi answers, "Make it want to sing." Ieyasu answers, "Wait." This book, Taiko, is the story of the man who made the bird want to sing.

I laugh at my ten-year pilgrimage— Wilted robe, tattered hat, knocking at Zen gates. In reality, the Buddha's Law is simple: Eat your rice, drink your tea, wear your clothes.

The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.

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

A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.

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

Don't yield! Keep up your courage! The same sun looks down on all of us!

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.