It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. - Arnold Toynbee (1852 - 83)
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逆説的だが深く真を突いた人生の大原則――ある目標に到達する一番確実な方法は、その目標自体ではなく、それを超えたところにあるもう少し野心的な目標を目指すことである。 - アーノルド・トインビー (1852 - 83)
![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: A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. [A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lake-garda-948123_640-100x60.jpg)
