![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-200x133.jpg)
The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile. – Plato(n) (427 – 347B.C.) / (I count him braver…) (Image by moritz320 from Pixabay)… More »
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good… More »
Charlie Brown: “A friendship like ours is worth all the money in the world..” / Snoopy: “(On the other hand, if we had a little money, wo could buy some more cookies…)” // – Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000):… More »
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – Touchstone — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): As You Like It, Act V, Scene I (Image by jhenning from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by… More »
The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // – Ono no Komachi (c.825 – c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922… More »
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already,… More »
The future depends on what we do in the present. – Mahatma [Mohandas Karamchand] Gandhi (1869 – 1948) (Image by Daniel Christiansz from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Find purpose. The means will follow. – Mahatma [Mohandas Karamchand] Gandhi (1869 – 1948) (Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: 5. Taming the Bull. [Taming the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._5_edit312-200x150.jpg)
5. Taming the Bull. [Taming the Ox.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (4. Catching the Bull… ←… More »
![IMAGE: 4. Catching the Bull. [Getting Hold of the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._4_edit312-200x150.jpg)
4. Catching the Bull. [Getting Hold of the Ox.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (3. Perceiving the…… More »
A red sun hath water…
常に心せよ、流れに…
Don't just dream…
I'm a slow walker…
ライオン率いる羊の軍…
![IMAGE: A red sun hath water in his eye. [A red sun has water in his eye.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lightning-801866_640-100x61.jpg)
