We hope that general readers with an interest in Japan will find in these accounts of fieldwork a wide spectrum of illustrations of the grassroots realities of everyday life in contemporary Japanese communities, companies, institutions, and social movements.
Theodore C. Bestor
Related There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The goal in life is not to try and live forever, but to create something that will forever in people... KARON WADDELL When we can no longer change a situation, its the time to changed our self. GLENDA RADORES No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear. GAVIN MILLS It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA ...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love. The first thing you ... CARLA BUCKLEY Easing back in her seat, Grace watched the children in the playground opposite, coats off, faces flu... KATHLEEN TESSARO Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL It's not the job of this town to make me feel happy. It's not this town´s fault that I don't feel I... CECELIA AHERN God is the most beautiful, and beauty is the expression of God. If you can't appreciate beauty in th... AMIT RAY There is power, value, happiness and fulfillment in a life of purpose. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE We do see a lot of earnings acceleration in Japan in a couple of sectors in particular. We've got go... LYNETTE SCHROEDER When I was a kid, I thought I had my life figured out. I knew where I was going. I was sure of whom ... CRISTINA MARRERO In Hong Kong, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, in which the hero... GRAEME SIMSION Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageo... AGONA APELL Don't believe everything you read or hear, remember a large part of our world is made up of fiction!... VICTORIA ADDINO We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH "in the embrace of the Embrace, we find ourselves and are Found" bluestflame SHAUN PARKER But, sir, isn't death a dreadful thing?" asked Malcolm. "That depends on whether a man re... GEORGE MACDONALD All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way. HENRY HON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON We create a meaningful life by what we accept as true and by what we create in the pursuit of truth,... KILROY J. OLDSTER Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA The scars of others should teach us caution. ST. JEROME They talk like angels but they live like men. ST. JEROME Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not... SAINT AUGUSTINE The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. SAINT PATRICK I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worth... SAINT PATRICK He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presen... SAINT PATRICK I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble... SAINT PATRICK I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquir... SAINT PATRICK The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressi... SAINT PATRICK Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonde... SAINT PATRICK I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, bec... SAINT PATRICK I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child. SAINT PATRICK I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some. SAINT PATRICK No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco... SAINT PATRICK The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. SAINT PATRICK It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one o... SAINT PATRICK Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is H... SAINT PATRICK Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in h... SAINT PATRICK I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of ... SAINT PATRICK The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough. SAINT PATRICK Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not be... SAINT IGNATIUS I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of Go... SAINT IGNATIUS Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower,... SAINT IGNATIUS The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagati... SAINT IGNATIUS We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the ... SAINT IGNATIUS We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierar... SAINT IGNATIUS It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as ... SAINT IGNATIUS Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of w... SAINT IGNATIUS In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingra... SAINT IGNATIUS Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the impe... SAINT IGNATIUS Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought n... SAINT IGNATIUS Teach us to give and not to count the cost. SAINT IGNATIUS In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the ju... SAINT IGNATIUS May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him! SAINT IGNATIUS True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor. SAINT IGNATIUS May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help. SAINT IGNATIUS For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Je... SAINT IGNATIUS
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THEODORE WHITE Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by... THEODORE ROOSEVELT In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an A... THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where th... THEODORE ROOSEVELT The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Clown and guru are a single identity: the satiric and sublime side of the same higher vision of lif... THEODORE ROZAK The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Remorse is the pain of sin. THEODORE PARKER Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. THEODORE PARKER The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of he... THEODORE ROOSEVELT [America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we wer... THEODORE PARKER My hat is in the ring. THEODORE ROOSEVELT The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! THEODORE ROOSEVELT The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly... THEODORE ROOSEVELT The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they k... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virt... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. THEODORE ROOSEVELT A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square dea... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure,... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. No ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure t... THEODORE ROOSEVELT We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or... THEODORE ROOSEVELT I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. THEODORE ROOSEVELT The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer THEODORE ROOSEVELT If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for... THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his... THEODORE ROOSEVELT To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the hist... THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the ch... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. THEODORE ROOSEVELT The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, a... THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him t... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? THEODORE ROOSEVELT We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always f... THEODORE REIK Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upho... THEODORE ROOSEVELT A mind too active is no mind at all. THEODORE ROETHKE If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln. THEODORE ROOSEVELT