The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami. The law may be used to confound reas… - James Clavell

For the last time: ‘The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami.

"Always remember, child" her first teacher had impressed on her, "that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that need disipline –training- is about. So train your mind to dwell on sweet perfumes, the touch of this silk, tender raindrops against the shoji, the curve of the flower arrangement, the tranquillity of dawn. Then, at length, you won't have to make such a great effort and you will be of value to yourself,…"

Trupul nu-i decat o biata coliba pierduta in pustie.

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.