Takeda Shingen quotes
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“Men with discrimination will be viewed as schemers; second, men with deep far-sightedness will be seen as cowards; and third, men with rough behaviour will be mistaken for real warriors. These are great errors.”
-- Takeda ShingenSource : "Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors". Book by William Scott Wilson, p. 92, 1982.
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“Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom!”
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“Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should simply not be without it.”
-- Takeda ShingenSource : "Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors". Book by William Scott Wilson, Gregory Lee, p. 95, 1982.
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“One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats and achievements in loyalty....Everyone knows that if a man doesn't hold filial piety toward his own parents he would also neglect his duties toward his lord. Such a neglect means a disloyalty toward humanity. Therefore such a man doesn't deserve to be called 'samurai'.”
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“Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.”
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“A man with deep far-sightedness will survey both the beginning and the end of a situation and continually consider its every facet as important.”
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“Zen has no secrets other than seriously thinking about life and death.”
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Source : "American Power and the New Mandarins". Book by Noam Chomsky, 1969.
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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