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                                                                           49. Ko  /  Revolution  ( Molting )

                                 "Political revolutions are extremely grave matters .  They should be undertaken only under stress of direst necessity, when there is no other way out .  Not everyone is called to the task, but only the man who has confidence in the people, and even he only when the time is ripe .  He must then proceed in the right way so that he gladdens the people and, by enlightening them, prevents excess .   Furthermore, he must be quite free of selfish aims and must really relieve the need of the people .  Only then does he have nothing to regret ."

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                                   When we have tried in every way to bring about reforms, but without success, revolution becomes necessary .  But such a thoroughgoing upheaval must be carefully prepared .   There must be available  man who has the requisite abilities and who possess public confidence .  To such a man we may well turn .   This brings good fortune and [so] is not a mistake .  The first thing to be considered is our inner attitude toward the new condition that will inevitably come .   We have to go out and meet it, as it were .  Only in this way can it be prepared for ."

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                                   "Radical changes require adequate authority .  A man must have inner strength as well as influential position .  What he does must correspond with a higher truth and must not spring from arbitrary or petty motives ;   then it brings good fortune .   If revolution is not founded on such inner truth, the results are bad, and it has no success .  For in the end men will support only those undertakings which they feel instinctively to be just ."