Yamaoka Tesshu quotes

“As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Character Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Samurai Quotes

“If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course for years and you will naturally reach the profoundest levels. To know if water is hot or cold you must taste it yourself.”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Years Quotes #Water Quotes #Secret Quotes

“The world is wide, full of happenings. Keep this in mind and never believe 'I'm the onlyone who knows.'”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Truth Quotes #Believe Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Zen is like soap. First you wash with it, and then you wash off the soap.”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Soap Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Do not think that this is all there is. More and more wonderful teachings exist...”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Truth Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, in the Hirosawa Pond.”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Moon Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.”
-- Yamaoka Tesshu

#Victory Quotes #Defeat Quotes #Tire Quotes

“Mammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing”

“Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character.”

Source : "20 famous college commencement speeches" by Mo Elinzano, www.deseretnews.com. May 6, 2015.

“Through the death of Christ on the cross making atonement for sin, we get a perfect standing before God. That is justification, and it puts us, in God's sight, back in Eden before sin entered. God looks upon us and treats us as if we had never sinned.”

“Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”

“How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?”

“You don’t have to be part of a club to know Jesus. And you don’t have to be part of a scene to know Jesus. And you don’t have to be perfect to know Jesus. You don’t even have to be semi-perfect to know Jesus. You just have to be willing, and open, and honest.”

“Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect”

“I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like to fight against all authorities and powers.”

“Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.”

“Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thou­sand men.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. V, 1938.