You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Youth on horseback has passed. The world is at peace and white hairs multiply. With what remains of life that heaven permits, how can I not enjoy it?

-- The 'One-Eyed Dragon' of northern Japan who carved

人の意見を聞いてから出る知恵は、本当の知恵ではない。

-- The peasant who became ruler of all Japan

児孫のために美田を買わず。

-- The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority

Let the world say what it will about me. Only I know what I must do.

-- The visionary who brokered the alliance that overthrew Japan's feudal government and launched the country into modernity

Making this uninteresting world interesting.

-- The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule

We will either find a way, or make one.

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees