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Philosophical literature6 quotes
What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716A 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 · 1970Religious literature6 quotes
What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716A 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 · 1970Autobiography and memoir1 quote
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. — Akio Morita · 1986Biography1 quote
If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are. — Soichiro Honda · 1982Political speech1 quote
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 · 1945Travel writing1 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 · 1694