All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning..

It's always important to take time to study men -- important men. Friends and enemies..

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..

Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun..

Isn't it only laughter we can stay human?.

Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding….

Changi became my university instead of my prison. Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high and the low roads. I studied a….

You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting..

Patience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to th….

The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom..

Isn’t it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the horror and waste and suffering here….

What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow..

What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?.

Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!.

Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting?.

Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing.

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 ….

And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always ….

Anger is one of the most intimate of emotions and to expose it to strangers is one of the most stupid and sickening things to do. Never get angry wit….

Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had been stretched that ni….

Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before." "Tell he….