"On Killing" by LT. COL. Dave Grossman

Written By David Thomas

Excellent quote from an incredible book, read it.

“Like the blind men of the proverb, each individual feels a piece of the elephant, and the enormity of what he has found is overwhelming enough to convince each blindly groping observer that he has found the essence of the beast. But the whole beast is far more enormous and vastly more terrifying than society as a whole is prepared to believe.”
― Dave Grossman, On Killing

David Thomas

“Rehearse your death every morning and night. Only when you constantly live as though already a corpse (jōjū shinimi) will you be able to find freedom in the martial Way, and fulfill your duties without fault throughout your life.”

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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