The starting 8 lines of Heike Monogatari
"The knell of the bells at the Gion temple
Echoes the impermanence of all things.
The color of the flowers on its double-trunked tree
Reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall.
He who is proud is not so for long,
Like a passing dream on a night in spring.
He who is brave is finally destroyed,
To be no more than dust before the wind"
You famous? Have made money? Are college topper? You beautiful? You have 50k twitter followers? You sold off you start up? You a mafia boss? The president of USA? Must make you feel you are special, doesn't it? :)
And if that is so - I do not pity you, for you are ignorant by choice.
To do and forget.
Not for greed of success.
Not for the fear of failure.
Not for appreciation in others' eyes
Not for appreciation in yours.
To be selfish, and yet be selfless.
Empty as the eternal void.
Even though the gun has only one bullet
It will not miss its shot.
Remember that. And only that.
Get over yourselves.
"The knell of the bells at the Gion temple
Echoes the impermanence of all things.
The color of the flowers on its double-trunked tree
Reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall.
He who is proud is not so for long,
Like a passing dream on a night in spring.
He who is brave is finally destroyed,
To be no more than dust before the wind"
You famous? Have made money? Are college topper? You beautiful? You have 50k twitter followers? You sold off you start up? You a mafia boss? The president of USA? Must make you feel you are special, doesn't it? :)
And if that is so - I do not pity you, for you are ignorant by choice.
To do and forget.
Not for greed of success.
Not for the fear of failure.
Not for appreciation in others' eyes
Not for appreciation in yours.
To be selfish, and yet be selfless.
Empty as the eternal void.
Even though the gun has only one bullet
It will not miss its shot.
Remember that. And only that.
Get over yourselves.
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