Yoritomo-Tashi

“Before discussing the advantages of conflict, he will instinctively resign himself to inertia. If, on the contrary, his temperament disposes him to anger, he will compromise an undertaking by a spontaneous violence, which patience and reflection would otherwise have made successful. It is possible also that a valiant soul is unable to obey a weak body, and that instinct, awakened by fear, leads one on to the impulsive desires of activity””

“Conceit assumes the form of pride and, like it, dims clearness of vision. Good judges of themselves should reject these feelings, which, tho human, drag them at last to loss and failure. They tempt men to make idols of themselves and tyrannize over others.””

“His life is a long succession of perfect actions, of struggle against evil, of success in what is good. By these qualities, which were in him and which he has carefully cultivated, he makes himself superior to all his fellows. He acts for himself, according to his own ideas. He does not bother with books, examples, or advice. He goes where his conscience”