That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature.

Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

'To take life,' went on the old man in a voice which, though charged with strong emotion, seemed to be speaking to itself, 'was the chief mark of the insensate…

We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. What Hagakure is insisting is that even in merciless death, a futile d…

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.