悲しげな詩で、私に告げるな、／「人生はただ虚しい夢！」などと、／／目覚めていない魂は死んでいるのだから、／物事は見えるとおりではないのだから。／／人生は本物！ 人生は本気！／死が人生のゴールではない；／／「汝塵なれば、塵に帰るべし」とは、／（肉体のことであって）魂を述べたものではなかった。／／ - ヘンリー・Ｗ・ロングフェロー (1807 - 82): 『人生の詩篇（青年の心が詩人に言ったこと）』
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers, / "Life is but an empty dream!" // For the soul is dead that slumbers, / And things are not what they seem. // Life is real! Life is earnest! / And the grave is not its goal; // "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," / Was not spoken of the soul. // - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 82): A Psalm of Life (What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-100x66.jpg)