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There Was Very Little Suicide Among The Men Of The North, Because Every Man Considered It His Duty To Get Killed, Not To Kill Himself; And To Kill Himself Would Have Seemed Cowardly, As Implying Fear Of Being Killed By Others

The Fact, However, To Which I Want To Call Attention Is That The Master Of Judo Never Relies Upon His Own Strength. He Scarcely Uses His Own Strength In The Greatest Emergency. Then What Does He Use? Simply The Strength Of His Antagonist. The Force Of The Enemy Is The Only Means By Which That Enemy Is Overcome.

The Tea Ceremony Requires Years Of Training And Practice ... Yet The Whole Of This Art, As To Its Detail, Signifies No More Than The Making And Serving Of A Cup Of Tea. The Supremely Important Matter Is That The Act Be Performed In The Most Perfect, Most Polite, Most Graceful, Most Charming Manner Possible.

It Has Been Wisely Observed By The Greatest Of Modern Thinkers That Mankind Has Progressed More Rapidly In Every Other Respect Than In Morality.

Any Idealism Is A Proper Subject For Art.