Nitobe Inazō
Japanese agronomist, diplomat and writer (1862 to 1933); one of the Under-Secretaries General of the League of Nations from its founding in 1920; author of Bushido: The Soul of Japan.
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Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there
Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us; and if it assumes no tangible shape or form, it not the less scents the moral atmosphere, and makes us aware that we are still under its potent spell.
gutenberg.orgSaid 22 May 1905This on korrents
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Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there
Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us; and if it assumes no tangible shape or form, it not the less scents the moral atmosphere, and makes us aware that we are still under its potent spell.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
Politeness that comes only from fear of offending taste is a poor virtue; it should express regard for others' feelings
Politeness is a poor virtue, if it is actuated only by a fear of offending good taste, whereas it should be the outward manifestation of a sympathetic regard for the feelings of others.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
Under feudalism, benevolence is what saved Japan from despotism of the worst kind
Under the régime of feudalism, which could easily be perverted into militarism, it was to Benevolence that we owed our deliverance from despotism of the worst kind.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
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Feudalism should not be identified with despotism
Let it be far from me to uphold despotism of any sort; but it is a mistake to identify feudalism with it.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures
Discipline in self-control can easily go too far. It can well repress the genial current of the soul. It can force pliant natures into distortions and monstrosities.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
Bushido may vanish as a separate code of ethics, but its power and light will survive
Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will long survive their ruins.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
The fault lies with church methods and forms that obscure Christ's teachings, not with the teachings themselves
It is with ecclesiastical methods and with the forms which obscure the teachings of Christ, and not with the teachings themselves, that I have little sympathy. I believe in the religion taught by Him and handed down to us in the New Testament, as well as in the law written in the heart.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905) Said 22 May 1905
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