A samurai or Japanese solider had the duty of avenging the
murder of his lord. When the samurai cornered
the man who had committed the murder and was about to plunge his sword into
him, the man in the corner – in all his terror – spat in the warrior’s face. The samurai sheathed his sword and walked
away.
He was angry. Now had
the warrior killed him it would have been a personal act rather than an impersonal
act of vengeance. –Joseph Campbell, The Power
of Myth
May it be our deepest wish that we banish thoughts of
hurting another for the sole purpose of avenging our ego.
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