Horses Are Far Worse Than Men For

How Baffling It Was That Even The Most Cunning And Clever People Would Frequently See Only What They Wanted To See, And Would Rarely Look Beyond The Thinnest Of Facades. Or They Would Ignore Reality, Dismissing It As The Facade. And Then, When Their Whole World Fell To Pieces...they Would Tear Their Topknots Or Rend Their Clothes And Bewail Their Karma, Blaming Gods Or Kami Or Luck Or Their Lords Or Husbands Or Vassals-anything Or Anyone-but Never Themselves.

Karma Is The Beginning Of Knowledge. Next Is Patience. Patience Is Very Important. The Strong Are The Patient Ones, Anjin-san. Patience Means Holding Back Your Inclination To The Seven Emotions: Hate, Adoration, Joy, Anxiety, Anger, Grief, Fear. If You Don't Give Way To The Seven, You're Patient, Then You'll Soon Understand All Manner Of Things And Be In Harmony With Eternity.

What You Do With Strangers Is Ignore Them For. No Second Chance, No Sorry I Did It, Never Accept An Apology, But Never, Ever Get Angry With Strangers.

.., By Universal Custom, Your Enemy Is Never More Polite Than When He Is Planning Or Has Planned Your Destruction.

Wars Are Fought By Teenagers, You Realize That. They Really Ought To Be Fought By The Politicians And Old People Who Start These Wars.