肩書きがなくては己れが何なのかもわからんような阿呆共の仲間になることはない

肩書きがなくては

己れが何なのかもわからんような

阿呆共の仲間になることはない

―南方熊楠―

Don’t be afraid to see what you see

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

―Ronald Wilson Reagan―

That what is right will always eventually triumph.

And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

心だに誠の道にかなひなば 祈らずとても神やまもらん

心だに誠の道にかなひなば

祈らずとても神やまもらん

―菅原道真―

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

―Winston Churchill―

If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come

If we wonder often, 

the gift of knowledge will come.

―Arapaho―

Honesty is always the best policy

Honesty is always the best policy.

―George Washington―

Always take into account to keep your appointment

Always take into account to keep your appointment.

―George Washington―

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

I may not reach them,

but I can look up and see their beauty, 

believe in them, 

and try to follow where they lead.

―Louisa May Alcott―

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are

Do what you can, 

with what you have, 

where you are.

―Joan of Arc―

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. 

The shadow is what we think of it; 

the tree is the real thing.

―Abraham Lincoln―

A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences

A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, 

in spite of obstacles and dangers,

and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.

―John F. Kennedy―

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.

-Louis de Montesquieu―

自由とは、法の許す限りにおいて行動する権利である。

There is always light behind the clouds

There is always light behind the clouds.

―Louisa May Alcott―

雲のむこうは、いつも青空

When one door closes, another opens

 

When one door closes, 

another opens; 

but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

―Alexander Graham Bell―

ひとつのドアが閉まると、別のドアが開く。

ものがそこにあるという尊厳。 これはいったいなんだろう。 ただあるというだけなのに

ものがそこにあるという尊厳。

これはいったいなんだろう。

ただあるというだけなのに。

―岡本太郎―

人間は精神が拡がるときと、とじこもるときが必ずある。 強烈にとじこもりがちな人ほど逆にひろがるときがくる

人間は精神が拡がるときと、

とじこもるときが必ずある。

強烈にとじこもりがちな人ほど逆にひろがるときがくる。

―岡本太郎―

A man has a choice, and the choice is what makes him a man

I tried to believe it was born in me, 

and that I,

I couldn't help it. 

But that'snot so. 

A man has a choice. 

You used to say that was where he was different from an animal.

You see,

I remember. 

A man has a choice, 

and the choice is what makes him a man.

You see,

I do remember.

―Cal Trask―　『East of Eden』

人は選べる。

自分次第で何にでもなれる。

壮大な岩が風にまったく揺るがないように、 賢者は非難と賞賛に動じない

壮大な岩が風にまったく揺るがないように、

賢者は非難と賞賛に動じない

―ブッダ―

空を道とし 道を空とみる

空を道とし

道を空とみる。

―宮本武蔵―

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

―Victor-Marie Hugo―

夢以外に未来を作り出すものはない。