Kamo no Chōmei quotes

Though the river's current never fails, the water passing, moment by moment, is never the same. Where the current pools, bubbles form on the surface, bursting and disappearing as others rise to replace them, none lasting long. In this world, people and their dwelling places are like that, always changing. (Kamo no Chōmei)
People respond to these disasters in terms of their own experience. Unless the disaster has struck them personally, their circumstances, their environment, it is dismissed as a superficial thing. View quote
Kamo no Chōmei

Kamo no Chōmei

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Born: 1155
Died: 1216
Quotes count: 2