To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.
Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.
A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.
I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.
It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.
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.