A thicket of summer grass / ...

A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
 Matsuo Basho

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
Feeling, in the broad sense of whatever is felt in any way, as sensory stimulus or inward tension, pain, emotion or intent, is the mark of mentality.
 Susanne Katherina Langer
In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.
 Stephen Mallinder
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
I come out of a Cold War sensibility, a Cold War mentality, and during those Cold War years, I used to know, I thought, the answers to everything. And since the end of the Cold War, I'm just a dumb as everyone else.
 Jules Feiffer

Quotes from the same author

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
 Matsuo Basho
Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
 Matsuo Basho
Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels
 Matsuo Basho
Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music
 Matsuo Basho
Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!
 Matsuo Basho