"Those who march with us will certainly face abuse, misunderstanding, bitter animosity, and possibly the ferocity of struggle and of danger. In return, we can only offer to them the deep belief that they are fighting that a great land may live."

-SIR OSWALD MOSLEY

“We are our ancestors, our masters, our elders. We are our books, our paintings, our statues, our landscapes.”

— Charles Maurras

A young man named Yamaoka Tesshu, studying Zen, visited one master after another. He also came to Dokuon from Shikoku. Eager to show his accomplishments, he said:

- Both mind and Buddha and all sentient beings are ultimately non-existent. The true nature of phenomena is Emptiness. There is neither realization nor delusion, neither sage nor mediocrity. There is neither reward nor gain.

Dokuon, who had been quietly listening, remained silent. Suddenly he tapped Yamaoka hard with his bamboo stick. The young man became very angry.
- If nothing exists, Dokuon asked,
- where did this anger come from?

(from the collection "One Hundred and One Stories of Zen")