![IMAGE: 8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._8_edit312-200x150.jpg)
8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (7. The… More »
![IMAGE: 7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._7_edit312-200x150.jpg)
7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (6. Riding the Bull…… More »
![IMAGE: 1. In Search of the Bull. [Looking for the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/d660cde673167a0a2734b488c028dbfa-200x150.jpg)
1. In Search of the Bull. [Looking for 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) / (List of… More »
![IMAGE: You can't please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lake-4194143_640-200x133.jpg)
You can’t please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once. (Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: One for all, all for one. [All for one and one for all.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/team-1928848_640-200x133.jpg)
One for all, all for one. [All for one and one for all.] / (Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.) (Image by Chris Reading from… More »
Old garden lake! / The frog thy depths doth seek, / And sleeping echoes wake. // – Matsuo Bashô [Bashō] (1644 – 94); trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 – 1929) (Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. – Robert Bresson (1901 – 99) (Image by Felix Lichtenfeld from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. – Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) (Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Of two disputants, the warmer is generally in the wrong. (Image by suju from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One good turn deserves another. / He who gives to another bestows on himself. (Image by rawpixel on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![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: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: The die is cast. [The die is thrown.] [(La.) Alea iacta est.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/caesar-203509_dice-18208_bridge-192982_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: Beggars mounted run their horse to death. [Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mummification-60510_640trim480-100x75.jpg)
