“Feeling deeply the difference between oneself and others, bearing ill will and falling out with people — these things come from a heart that lacks compassion. If one wraps up everything with a heart of compassion, there will be no coming into conflict with people.”

—  Tsunetomo Yamamoto, book Hagakure

Hagakure (c. 1716)

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