“People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self-interest at the center” (Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure).
“A man under the age of forty does not need to be prudent or sagacious. It is better that he gathers strength” (Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure).