The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

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Henry Ford

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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

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つねづね申し上げていることだが、他人を出し抜いて利己的にふるまうことで自己利益を得ている人間は、そういうことをするのは「自分だけ」で他人はできるだけ遵法的にふるまってほしいと願っている。

才能というのは、研いでないナイフのようなものだ。

毎日、ただ毎日書き続ければ、そのナイフを研ぐことができる。

人生には、本当はこれが最後ということがたくさんあって、だけどそのことに気付かずにぼんやりしているから、ぼくたちは後悔する。その一方で、だからこそ気楽に暮らしているということもあるのだ。

The samurai warriors of Kamakura period put much importance on the idea of “trustworthiness”. People, in all eras, must have a trustworthy character. Human beings, both men and women, do not find an untrustworthy character attractive.

In retrospect, the most happy time in Koan’s life was probably the period when he was teaching his students. Koan was a man who took the torch he had received from his mentors and made its flame all the brighter. His greatness was his continuous passing on of his fire to each and every one of his students. The fire of his students’ torches later shined brightly in their respective realms. In the end, their fires became the great light that illuminated Japan’s modern era. We, the generation that followed, must be thankful to Koan.