...you're going to find people from all over the country, everyone hungry for money and position. You won't make a name for yourself just doing what the next man does. You'll have to distinguish yourself in some way.

Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don't have too much Or you'll surely get drunk.

It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time.

Great character is forged through hardships.

If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.

Hold on to your life and make it honest and brave.

I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.