If the cuckoo will not sing, wait until it does.

If the cuckoo will not sing, wait until it does.

A human life of fifty years, compared to the span beneath heaven, is nothing but a dream, an illusion.

A human life of fifty years, compared to the span beneath heaven, is nothing but a dream, an illusion.

If the cuckoo will not sing, wait until it does.

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

-- Zeno of Citium

The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

-- Zeno of Citium

理想を持ち、信念に生きよ。理想や信念を見失った者は、戦う前から負けているといえよう。

-- Oda Nobunaga

Wisdom that comes only after hearing others' opinions is not true wisdom.

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

一生懸命だと知恵が出る、中途半端だと愚痴が出る、いい加減だと言い訳が出る。

-- Takeda Shingen

Making this uninteresting world interesting.

-- Takasugi Shinsaku