"The weed crushed and pressed by the heavy rock may slowly and gently grow up anew helped by the fresh air, sunshine, and sympathetic rain. On the other hand, the rock is often broken through exposure to nature and weathering. Life is a strong power to grow in tenderness; this fact may be considered as having a close relation with human life. At the same time tenderness has sometimes stronger power against stiffness or hardening due to extreme strain."

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Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.

Kyuzo Mifune

#Weed Quotes #Strong Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“there is in this world no line so bad that someone won't someday copy it.”

Source : "Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964". Book by Randall Jarrell, "The Profession of Poetry" (p. 165), 1980.
“Better sexy and racy Than sexist and racist”
“I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.”
“I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.”
“The Chancellor has delivered his first budget but it's the same old Tories ; hitting hardest at those who can least afford it and breaking their promises. This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things that the Liberal Democrats have always fought against. Surely they cannot vote for this.”
“Economists and financial analysts are not like steelworkers or people in other occupations. They don't get evaluated based on their performance. They can mess up every day of the week through their whole careers, and this would be just fine, as long as they messed up in the same way as their peers.”

Source : "Q&A with Housing Bubble Forecaster Dean Baker". Interview with Leo W. Gerard, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.
“That's the tragedy of the rich: They don't need anything.”
“Religion is the opium of the masses.”

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