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Inazo Nitobe quotes: When men's fowls and dogs are lost, they know to seek for them again, but they lose their mind and do not know to seek for it.

When men's fowls and dogs are lost, they know to seek for them again, but they lose their mind and do not know to seek for it.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Filial Piety, which is considered one of the two wheels of the chariot of Japanese ethics - Loyalty being the other.

Filial Piety, which is considered one of the two wheels of the chariot of Japanese ethics - Loyalty being the other.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Confucius himself has repeatedly taught that external appurtenances are as little a part of propriety as sounds are of music.

Confucius himself has repeatedly taught that external appurtenances are as little a part of propriety as sounds are of music.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Kumazawa: - When others blame thee, blame them not; when others are angry at thee, return not anger. Joy cometh only as Passion and Desire part.

Kumazawa: - When others blame thee, blame them not; when others are angry at thee, return not anger. Joy cometh only as Passion and Desire part.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: The feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.

The feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Bushido. The sense of honor which cannot bear being looked down upon as an inferior power, - that was the strongest of motives.

Bushido. The sense of honor which cannot bear being looked down upon as an inferior power, - that was the strongest of motives.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: If there is anything to do, there is certainly a best way to do it, and the best way is both the most economical and the most graceful.

If there is anything to do, there is certainly a best way to do it, and the best way is both the most economical and the most graceful.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: A samurai was essentially a man of action.

A samurai was essentially a man of action.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Chivalry is itself the poetry of life. - SCHLEGEL, Philosophy of History.

Chivalry is itself the poetry of life. - SCHLEGEL, Philosophy of History.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: We needed no Shakespeare to feel though, perhaps, like the rest of the world, we needed him to express it.

We needed no Shakespeare to feel
though, perhaps, like the rest of the world, we needed him to express it.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Knowledge becomes really such only when it is assimilated in the mind of the learner and shows in his character.

Knowledge becomes really such only when it is assimilated in the mind of the learner and shows in his character.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Tranquillity is courage in repose.

Tranquillity is courage in repose.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Indeed, valour and honour alike required that we should own as enemies in war only such as prove worthy of being friends in peace.

Indeed, valour and honour alike required that we should own as enemies in war only such as prove worthy of being friends in peace.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Democracy raises up a natural prince for its leader, and aristocracy infuses a princely spirit among the people.

Democracy raises up a natural prince for its leader, and aristocracy infuses a princely spirit among the people.

Inazo Nitobe quotes: dishonor is like a scar on a tree, which time, instead of effacing, only helps to enlarge." Mencius

dishonor is like a scar on a tree, which time, instead of effacing, only helps to enlarge." Mencius

Inazo Nitobe quotes: Beneath the instinct to fight there lurks a diviner instinct to love.

Beneath the instinct to fight there lurks a diviner instinct to love.