Kenshin Uesugi Quotes & Sayings

Peace is achieved with rice and salt, not with katanas and arrows — Uesugi Kenshin

Wisdom is a condition of consciousness rather than an attitude of mind. Wisdom is that state of being in which an individual finds himself when realization has tinctured and transmuted all attitudes and opinions. A wise man is one who has experienced wisdom, wisdom in this sense being a mystical experience. — Manly Hall

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world. — Andre Maurois

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me. — Grace Hopper

Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death. — Uesugi Kenshin

WILLIAM ROPER: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
THOMAS MORE: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
ROPER: I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
MORE: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast -man's laws, not God's -and if you cut them down- and you're just the man to do it -d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil the benefit of the law, for my own safety's sake. — Robert Bolt

Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt. — Uesugi Kenshin

Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live. — Uesugi Kenshin

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty. — Nelson Mandela

Oh, sorry, am I being difficult?" Rich asked. "I'm not good with people. Sometimes I'm difficult. I wish people would just tell me. Anyway, the Taiyang Shen is critical. In fact, my idea won't work without it. But a Mars probe? Pfft. C'mon." "All right," Venkat said. "What's your idea?" Rich snatched a paper from the desk. "Here it is!" He handed it to Venkat with a childlike smile. Venkat took the summary and skimmed it. The more he read, the wider his eyes got. "Are you sure about this?" "Absolutely!" Rich beamed. "Have you told anyone else?" "Who would I tell?" "I don't know," Venkat said. "Friends?" "I don't have any of those." "Okay, keep it under your hat." "I don't wear a hat." "It's just an expression." "Really?" Rich said. "It's a stupid expression." "Rich, you're being difficult." "Ah. Thanks. — Andy Weir

Vadalism: beautiful as a rock in a cop's face. — Kurt Cobain

I write out of defiance. — Jamaica Kincaid

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. — Soren Kierkegaard

In all honesty, my favorite place to write is an anonymous, cheap hotel in a city or town where nobody knows me, the wireless service is spotty, and the adjoining gas station has coffee, beer and junk food. — Dean Bakopoulos

Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever. — Uesugi Kenshin

Courts love the people always, as wolves do the sheep — Thomas Jefferson

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels. — Mickey Rivers