The More I Know, The More Sure

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 Night Of His Near-seppuku, When He Had Had To Get Up As A Man And Walk Home As A Man Unsupported, And Became Samurai. And He Watched Her, Despising The Need For This Courage, Yet Understanding It, Even Honoring It.

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?

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!

To Think Bad Thoughts Is Really The Easiest Thing In The World. If You Leave Your Mind To Itself It Will Spiral Down Into Ever Increasing Unhappiness. To Think Good Thoughts, However, Requires Effort. This Is One Of The Things That Discipline And Training Is All About.

.., By Universal Custom, Your Enemy Is Never More Polite Than When He Is Planning Or Has Planned Your Destruction.