And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Work is love made visible.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

If the cuckoo will not sing, I shall make it want to sing.

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

Fifty years of human life -- compared to the realm beneath heaven, it is but a dream, an illusion.

-- Oda Nobunaga

I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

-- Cao Cao

For human beings, fate arrives suddenly, without any warning.

-- Yasushi Inoue

In the world of men, there is never only one path. There are always many paths.

-- Mori Ōgai