Shusaku Endo quotes

Shusaku Endo was a renowned Japanese author, celebrated for his profound novels exploring faith, morality, and cultural conflict. His most famous work, "Silence," examines the challenges of Christianity in 17th-century Japan. He contributed greatly to world literature by bridging Eastern and Western perspectives in his writing. Here are 9 of his quotes:

Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change. (Shusaku Endo)

I became a Catholic against my will.

Shusaku Endo

Every weakness contains within itself a strength.

Shusaku Endo

Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.

Shusaku Endo

Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.

Shusaku Endo

True religion should be able to respond to the dark melodies, the faulty and hideous sounds that echo from the heart of men.

Shusaku Endo

No matter what the circumstances, no man can completely escape from vanity.

Shusaku Endo

When you suffer, I suffer with you. To the end I am close to you.

Shusaku Endo

but our Lord was not silent. Even if he had been silent, my life until this day would have spoken of Him.

Shusaku Endo

Shusaku Endo

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Occupation: Japanese Author
Born: March 27, 1923
Died: September 29, 1996
Quotes count: 9
Wikipedia: Shusaku Endo

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