Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in read more

Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of read more

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as read more

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.

He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

For strong souls
Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength
In furthest striving action.

For strong souls
Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength
In furthest striving action.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of read more

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.