Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Ieyasu Tokugawa

Quote by Ieyasu Tokugawa

Author

Ieyasu Tokugawa
Ieyasu Tokugawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate and the son adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was born on January 31, 1543, and died on June 1, 1616. Rising from the战国 period, he unified Japan through a series of military and political maneuvers, establishing the Tokugawa shogunate and initiating the Edo period, which lasted for 265 years. more

You May Also Like

“With great difficulty advancing by millimeters each year, I carve a road out of the rock. For millenniums my teeth have wasted and my nails broken to get there, to the other side, to the light and the open air. And now that my hands bleed and my teeth tremble, unsure in a cavity cracked by thirst and dust, I pause and contemplate my work. I have spent the second part of my life breaking the stones, drilling the walls, smashing the doors, removing the obstacles I placed between the light and myself in the first part of my life.”

YearsFirstsHandsLightSidesDoorsAirRocksBrokenWallStonesDifficultyObstaclesTeethDustContemplatingNailsThirstPausesCrackedAdvancingUnsureSmashingDrilling
Author:Octavio Paz
Create image

“I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration. I do not ask that this be done everywhere, but perhaps we may be allowed at least one mansion where we can turn off the electric lights and see what it is like without them.”

WorldMayDoneLightTurnsAsksLiteratureDarkThis WorldWallLosingShadowUselessElectricMansionsTurn OffDecorationElectric Light
Author:Junichiro Tanizaki
Create image

“Pantaenus was one of these and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew of Christ, he found the Gospel according to Matthew, which had anticipated his own arrival. For Bartholomew, one of the apostles, had preached to them, and left with them the writing of Matthew in the Hebrew language, which they had preserved till that time. After many good deeds, Pantaenus finally became the head of the school at Alexandria, and expounded the treasures of divine doctrine both orally and in writing.”

WritingPersonsSaidSchoolFoundLeftLanguageChristGoneDivineIndiaDeedsTreasureDoctrineGood DeedsApostlesArrivalsHebrewMatthewAlexandriaHebrew Language
Author:Eusebius
Create image