I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.

However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university.

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

How impotent my anger was, a surge with no place to land, and how familiar that was: my feelings strangled inside me, like little half-formed children, bitter and bristling.

i never begin my writings with talent. i begin them with strong emotions and liquor. they finish with talent.

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

Clearly understand that the only limitations you will ever have are the limitations you impose upon yourself. You truly do have infinite potential.

I'm an extremely determined person. I'm very serious about what I do.

We must realize that our destiny is strongly linked to the destiny of the poorest on this planet.

Clowns don't build institutions, nor do boxers.

Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.

Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And Joy for weary hours.

Ah, tell them they are men!