![]() ![]() ![]() Eiji Yoshikawa (, Aug September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist. In 1960, he received the Order of Cultural Merit. If you can bear up under hardship, you can experience a pleasure greater than the pain. Yoshikawa is well-known for his work as a Japanese historical fiction novelist, and a number of re-makes have been spawned off his work. If they try to experience only pleasure, they cease to be truly alive. Trees and plants he wanted to grow would not grow, while weeds and brush flourished no matter how often he cut them down.īad traits tend to develop and good ones to be repressed.ĭay and night, hour by hour, people are buffeted by waves of pain and pleasure, one after the other. ![]() Manners and etiquette keep us from letting the bad side take over. When people live together in harmony, the earth is a paradise.īut every man has a bad side as well as a good side. You want to be important? You shouldn’t aim so low. If you become the sort of man people can respect, they’ll respect you, without your doing anything. ![]() Instead of wanting to be like this or that, make yourself into a silent, immovable giant.ĭon’t waste your time trying to impress people. The few moments I enjoyed led to nothing. It was 900 pages of poorly-written story. I don’t remember who told me this book was great, but I assumed it would have wisdom. Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews. Musashi - by Eiji Yoshikawa and Charles Terry | Derek Sivers Derek Sivers Musashi - by Eiji Yoshikawa and Charles Terry ![]()
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