Today, on Day Two I picked three quotes from one of the best books ever written: James Clavell’s Shogun.
I personally think these quotes are so impressive, true and powerful, it isn’t really important which character said them.
In every single case, their truth and significance within their purity touched me.
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“How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.”
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“Patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don’t give way to the seven, you’re patient, then you’ll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity.’ ”
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“We have a saying that time has no single measure, that time can be like frost or lightning or a tear or siege or storm or sunset, or even like a rock.”
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Picture courtesy of: http://www.kreis-archiv.de/filme/shogun.html
I like the middle quote. It is almost my mantra.
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It’s a great quote! I never forgot it after reading it. There’s so much wisdom within the pages of this book.
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A.J.
That last quote is fantastic. I love what it indicates. However, the rest are nice too.
Shalom,
Patti
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I know what you mean, Patti. Some moments it needs a little more time for me to remember what is important… 🙂
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