as if you are already dead.’” “What’s that?” “A Japanese saying. Live as if you are already dead.

I went into science a great deal myself at one time; but I saw it would not do. It leads to everything; you can let nothing alone.

The reason why successful people succeed in their ways is because they know how to rightly divide their day.

When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet...When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world...

Written By Kōbō Abe

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