Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

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Matsuo Basho

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

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Matsuo Basho

Learn the rules, and then forget them.

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Matsuo Basho

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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Montesquieu

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

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John Locke