“Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will long survive their ruins. Like its symbolic flower, after it is blown to the four winds, it will still bless mankind with the perfume with which it will enrich life.”

Bushido (武士道) is a Japanese term (direct translation : bu - Military; shi - Knight; Do - Ways), which loosely translated, means The Way of the Warrior. Historically, this was known as the Japanese warrior - Samurai code of conduct. Now, to most people, Samurai means Japanese warrior.