
Thoughts. Translation by J.G. Nichols [Hesperus Press, 2002, ISBN 9781843910121], p. 6
Aphorisms
Source: Antigone, Line 437
Thoughts. Translation by J.G. Nichols [Hesperus Press, 2002, ISBN 9781843910121], p. 6
Aphorisms
“What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?”
Yabu-san's death poem after being ordered to commit seppuku.
Shōgun (1975)
“There is no sorrow in the world, when we have escaped from the fear of death.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXVIII: On the Healing Power of the Mind
“He who escaped death must have a missed call from heaven.”
A Better Hope for the Soul, The Watchtower magazine, 8/1 1996.
"You Ask The Questions," The Independent Review (2004-03-25)
“Every big wave rider can tell you of his narrow escapes from death.”
“With Your Whole Heart Jumping”