Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quote

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created in (their) minds, and by waiting for disaster, it is from their very minds that it occurs.


Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (ed. Kodansha International, 2002) - ISBN: 9784770029164


When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created...

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created...

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created...

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created...