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Open-mindedness3 quotes
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970World War II3 quotes
The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable. — Emperor Hirohito · 1945The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage. — Emperor Hirohito · 1945It is a terrible shame for me-I came back, still alive, without having won the war. — Shoichi Yokoi · 1997Acceptance2 quotes
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Business2 quotes
If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are. — Soichiro Honda · 1982A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. — Akio Morita · 1986Clean slate2 quotes
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Management2 quotes
If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are. — Soichiro Honda · 1982A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. — Akio Morita · 1986Nuclear weapons2 quotes
The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable. — Emperor Hirohito · 1945The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage. — Emperor Hirohito · 1945Possibility2 quotes
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970The human condition2 quotes
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? — Haruki Murakami · 1999Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never staying for a moment. Even so is man and his habitation. — Kamo no Chomei · 1212Art1 quote
To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira KurosawaArtistic process1 quote
Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it... Like the salt in your food. — Yoko Ono · 2016Artists1 quote
To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira KurosawaBooks1 quote
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami · 1987Business management1 quote
We believe if you have a family you can't eliminate certain members of that family because profits are down. — Akio Morita · 1988Closed-mindedness1 quote
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Connecting with others1 quote
No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still some things you can’t reveal. — Haruki Murakami · 2013Consciousness1 quote
What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Courage1 quote
If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716Ego1 quote
What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Emotions1 quote
Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it... Like the salt in your food. — Yoko Ono · 2016Employees1 quote
If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are. — Soichiro Honda · 1982Enjoying life1 quote
Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking water and diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo. — Asai Ryoi · 1661Eternity1 quote
The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming. — Matsuo Basho · 1694Falling in love1 quote
Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. — Haruki Murakami · 2002Farming1 quote
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975Focus1 quote
Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716Grief1 quote
Though I grieve, there is no help;
Vainly I long to see her.
Men tell me that my wife is
In the mountains of Hagai-
Thither I go,
Toiling along the stony path;
But it avails me not,
For of my wife, as she lived in this world,
I find not the faintest shadow. — Kakinomoto no Hitomaro · 759Habits1 quote
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Happiness1 quote
One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975Human flourishing1 quote
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975