...a human being is a vulnerable creature, who cannot possible be perfect. After he dies, he returns to the elements - to earth, to water, to fire, to wind, to air. Matter is void. All is vanity. We are like blade of grass or tree of the forest, creations of the universe, and the spirit of the universe has neither life nor death. Vanity is the only obstacle to life.
-Gichin Funakoshi, quoting a semi-legendary tale of Okinawan Master Matsumura, in his autobiography Karate-Do: My Way of Life
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