From MUSASHI by Eiji Yoshikawa Page 80 "Say, Takezo, you really are strong! The whole tree is swaying. But I don't notice the earth shaking, sorry to say. You know, the trouble with you is that in reality, you're weak. Your kind of anger is nothing more than personal malice. A real man's anger is an expression of moral indignation. Anger over petty emotional trifles is for women, not men." Page 342 Noticing that the monkey had sneaked up to the pot and was eating something, he unceremoniously removed Akemi's head from his knee, shook his fist and cursed the animal roundly. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering. Page 680 "He must be awfully important. That's what I want to be when I grow up." "Important?" "Umm." "You shouldn't aim so low." "What do you mean?" "Look at Mount Fuji." "I'll never be like Mount Fuji." "Instead of wanting to be like this or that, make yourself into a silent, immovable giant. That's what the mountain is. Don't waste your time trying to impress people. If you become the sort of man people can respect, they'll respect you, without your doing anything." Page 896 It was not a matter of being idle, which is often a pleasant state, but of wanting desperately to do something and not being able to.