"The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure."

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Source : Eiji Yoshikawa (2012). “Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan”, p.1255, Vertical, Inc.

Eiji Yoshikawa

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“Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking othersâ€™ interests into account.”
“A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.”
“People can't relate to someone who only talks about their successes.”
“I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place”
“I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.”
“Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.”

Source : William Caxton, Jean Calvin, Nicolaus Copernicus, John Knox, Edmund Spenser (1938). “Prefaces and prologues to famous books”
“By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.”

Source : "“Why I Support the National Equality March”: NFL’s Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights". Interview with Dave Zirin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“The hardest thing about being a young musician on the jazz scene is that there are so many styles of music, jazz and otherwise, that you're exposed to. The challenge is to use all that in your own way, to personalize all that has come before you and all that is happening around you. To get the music the way you want it, there's a lot of work involved.”

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