Buddism

A jug fills drop by drop. 

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? 

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. 

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha 

Bushido

"Japan was ruled by warrior for the better part of a millennium. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century its political history was dominated by the struggle of competing leagues of fighting men. These centuries left a lasting imprint on the country's values and society. Bushi, "fighting men," and samurai, "those who serve," developed a rhetoric with emphases of loyalty and courage and worked out a code that came to be known as "Bushido," the Way of the Warrior."(1)

Rice the start of a Civilization

While I was searching for the history of Japan I was having a hard time coming up with what to talk about since I am assigned to talk about civic life but what I decided to talk about is that the Japanese people didn't really come into their own and become a strong united people until they had rice and iron imported into the country at around 100 BC.