I don't own either of these, but on a little strip of paper I found the following in a book about thoughts on conducting oneself in the Way of the samurai.
From that piece of paper:
From that piece of paper:
Love Looks Beyond
You look at me and see my flaws;
I look at you and see flaws, too.
Those who love, know love deserves
a second glance; each failure serves
another chance.
Love looks to see,
beyond the scars and flaws, the cause;
and scars become and honorable badge
of battles fought and won - or lost -
but fought! The product, not the cost,
is what love sought.
God help us see beyond the now
to the before,
and note with tenderness
what lies between
-and love the more!
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| The only thing left to do when The Fail has reached its zenith! |
And the passage next to the place-holding-strip-of-paper in the book was the following:
In the judgment of elders, a samurai's obstinacy should be excessive. A thing done with moderation may later be judged to be insufficient. I have heard that when one thinks he has gone too far, he will not have erred. This sort of rule should not be forgotten.
Such is the advice of Hagakure.
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