"When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation." — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

When meeting difficult situations, one should dash forward bravely and with joy.

Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.

All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.