Innovation is the outstanding fact in the economic history of capitalist society.

The process of Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.

Capitalism, then, is by nature a form or method of economic change and not only never is but never can be stationary.

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

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

People are the castle, people are the walls, people are the moat. Compassion makes allies; cruelty makes enemies.

-- Takeda Shingen

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?

-- Date Masamune

A man who wants neither life, nor fame, nor rank, nor money — such a man is the hardest to deal with.

-- Saigō Takamori

Revere Heaven, Love People.

-- Saigō Takamori

Without first establishing internal governance, there can be no external campaigns.

-- Ōkubo Toshimichi