虹の向こうのどこか／空高く、／／聞いたことのある国／いつか子守歌で。／／虹の向こうのどこか／空青く、／／夢に願った夢は／本当にかなうの。／／ - エドガー・イプセル［・イップ］・ハーバーグ (1896 - 1981): 『虹の彼方に［虹の彼方へ］』（【歌える訳詞】岡本健 (1963 - )）
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Somewhere over the rainbow / Way up high, // There's a land that I heard of / Once in a lullaby. // Somewhere over the rainbow / Skies are blue // And the dreams that you dare to dream / Really do come true. // - Edgar Yipsel [Yip] Harburg (1896 - 1981): Over the Rainbow
![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)
