A day in a man’s life is constructed according to whether he accepts or rejects flashes of inspiration.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

Anywhere there is life, there are eyes. And things, too, speak to those who have ears to hear.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining his spirit than with developing martial skills.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

Her only weapons were her tears.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

It is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

She needed intimacy and a sense of partaking in, not just observing, real life.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

— Eiji Yoshikawa