The More I Know, The More Sure

Patience Means Restraining Yourself. There Are Seven Emotions, Joy, Anger, Anxiety, Adoration, Grief, Fear, And Hate. If A Man Doesn't Give Way To These, He's Patient. I'm Not As Strong As I Might Be But I'm Patient.

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.

So Much Of 'normal, Civilized' Life Is Bull That You Can't Imagine... What Frightens You, Doesn't Frighten Me, What Frightens Me, You'd Laugh At.

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.

What Are Clouds, But An Excuse For The Sky? What Is Life, But An Escape From Death?