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Treasure every encounter…

IMAGE: Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.] / Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] – YAMANOUE no Sôji (1544 – 90): Yamanoue no Soji ki [The Record of Soji YAMANOUE] “Ten Elements of Preparedness for Tea Practitioners” / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks… More »

一期に一度の…

IMAGE: Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.] / Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

一期に一度の会。[一期一会(いちごいちえ)。] – 山上宗二(やまのうえのそうじ) (1544 – 90): 『山上宗二記』茶湯者覚悟十躰[茶湯者覚悟十体] / (一生に一度の出会い。) / 好機はただ一度。 / 好機は二度訪れることはまれである。 More »

一年の計、穀を樹うる…

IMAGE: The proper plan for the year is to grow grain; the proper plan for the decade is to grow trees; the proper plan for the lifetime is to grow human beings.

一年の計、穀を樹うるに如くは莫し(ううるにしくはなし)。十年の計、木を樹うるに如くは莫し。終身[百年]の計、人を樹うるに如くは莫し。 – 管仲 (紀元前725頃? – 前645) / ([(漢)一年之計、莫如樹穀。十年之計、莫如樹木。終身之計、莫如樹人。]) More »

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