It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

...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.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.

I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.