What Knight Or Mythic Warrior Of The Buddhist Realm Are You?
- 1."The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor." ~ Marcus Aurelius
- A.
Agree
- B.
Somewhat Agree
- C.
Don't care
- D.
Somewhat Disagree
- E.
Disagree
- 2."The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction." ~ Frey Stark
- A.
The old days were definitely better
- B.
I can live without some of the bad parts of it
- C.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
- D.
Change is good
- E.
All life is change - deal with it!
- 3."Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." ~ Winston S. Churchill
- A.
Heartily Agree
- B.
Agree
- C.
Somewhat disagree
- D.
Disagree
- E.
Run away to fight another day
- 4."A great many people, maybe most people, confronted by a difficult situation, one in which they don't know what to do, get nowhere because they are so busy pointing out that the situation should be remade, so they will know what to do." ~ James Gould Cozzens
- A.
Agree
- B.
Somewhat agree
- C.
Somewhat disagree
- D.
Disagree
- E.
Doesn't matter. I always know what to do.
- 5."Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves." ~Eric Ho
- A.
Whether or not the cause is unjust, the god(s) favor the valiant
- B.
Agree
- C.
Somewhat agree
- D.
Somewhat disagree
- E.
Disagree
- 6."In history, what we consider causes are really consequences - consequences of causes that lie beyond history. The true course of history does not consist of events." ~ Egon Friedell
- A.
We have to have heroes - exemplaries to look up to
- B.
Agree
- C.
Somewhat agree
- D.
Somewhat disagree
- E.
Disagree
- 7."The philosophers have only interpreted the world. The point, however, is to change it." ~ Karl Marx
- A.
Socialists! ptui!
- B.
Agree
- C.
Somewhat agree
- D.
Somewhat disagree
- E.
Disagree
- 8."Vain is the word of a philosopher that does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either if he does not expel the suffering of the mind." ~ Epicurus
- A.
Agree
- B.
Somewhat agree
- C.
Somewhat disagree
- D.
Disagree
- E.
Suffering is good. Toughens you up!
- 9."Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine." ~Henry S. Haskin
- A.
Agree
- B.
Somewhat agree
- C.
Unbelievers will suffer for eternity
- D.
Somewhat disagree
- E.
Disagree
- 10."What is human warfare but just this - an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party." ~ Henry David Thoreau
- A.
Agree
- B.
Somewhat agree
- C.
Somewhat disagree
- D.
Disagree
- E.
Skill and strength of arms is the only cause
- 11."A man can never live in enjoyment, and cannot avoid suffering. Consequently the purpose of life does not lie in this. If sailors decided that their aim is to avoid the rise of the waves, whither would they sail?" ~ Leo Tolstoy
- A.
Heartily agree
- B.
Somewhat agree
- C.
Chance it all for love
- D.
We row like the Vikings if there is no breeze
- E.
I get seasick anyway
- 12."A truly great book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint...What I began by reading I must finish by acting." ~ Henry David Thoreau
- A.
I'm dys....sydlex...I can't read anyway. I'm busy playing Grand Theft Auto
- B.
I live life through my books. Best adventure without having to get on an airplane
- C.
Depends on the book
- D.
Books of forbidden love like Twilight...sigh...where is my vampire lover?
- E.
Great accounts of battles of glory, struggle, and pirates is the stuff of life
- 13."Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows." ~ Charles Read
- A.
Agree
- B.
Disagree
- C.
Deeds of glory and lost causes should be recorded and sung. IF not, they're not worth remembering.
- D.
"Life as a human being is hard to sustain - as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace." Writings of Nichiren, p. 851
- E.
"Since the Law is wonderful, the person is worthy of respect; since the person is worthy of respect, the land is sacred." (Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.1097)
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