Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort up…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort. ✨ Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan., p.53, Bottom of the Hill
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