Handwritten wisdom with a fountain pen — from quiet Nara, Japan.
🖋 Today's Wisdom — Written with a Fountain Pen
Time in life is finite. Each of us has exactly 24 hours in a day — no more, no less. To you who live each day in the rush of life — because time is limited, why not treat yourself to something slow and unhurried? There is richness to be found in that stillness.
A fountain pen is perfect for this.
Unlike a ballpoint or mechanical pencil, a fountain pen requires care and attention. And that is precisely what makes it so dear.
Yes, it costs a little more. But keeping one fine instrument close at hand brings a quiet luxury to everyday life — and a pace perfectly suited to elegant, unhurried time.
Different from the traditional Japanese brush, a fountain pen blends practicality and artistry in one. Why not let yourself be drawn into its charm?
Word 046
"I haven't done anything to contribute..."
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Word 045
We become happy because we smile.
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Word 044
Nothing is accidental. Everything, in the end, is inevitable.
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Word 043
Once the richness of the heart is in place, material wealth will follow on its own.
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Word 042
Simply by existing, you are genuinely contributing.
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Word 041
Then become the precedent.
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Word 040
If so, that moment will most likely never come.
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Word 039
When you feel stuck, gently lift your gaze and take one step back.
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Word 038
What has form will one day crumble.
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Word 037
Nothing can surpass this.
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Word 036
Do not strive for "perfection."
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Word 035
"Do not compare yourself to others."
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Word 034
"Failed again? Good."
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Word 033
"Am I making them feel the same way?"
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Word 032
"You are me. I am you."
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Word 031
"I had been holding on too tightly."
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Word 030
"Enjoy this moment, right now, and live it to the fullest!"
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Word 029
"Without Self, you cannot even be kind to others."
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Word 028
Rather than lamenting what you don't have, be grateful for what you do.
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Word 027
Your life is your responsibility.
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Word 026
Happiness is not something you become — it is something you feel.
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Word 025
What matters is not how many great things we do, but how much love we put into what we do.
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Word 024
People see the world outside themselves by passing it through themselves as a filter.
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Word 023
Trials, problems, and hardships are the whetstone that sharpens us.
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Word 022
I want to be just like you.
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Word 021
Our lives are unfolding exactly as they were meant to.
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Word 020
"There are only two ways to turn a 'constraint' into 'freedom.'"
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Word 019
"There are as many "right answers" as there are people."
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Word 018
"Which meaning did my grandmother intend? Gratitude."
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Word 017
"Because success is born from nothing but failure."
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Word 016
"Your limits are set only by you."
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Word 015
"Will I do it, or won't I?"
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Word 014
"Nothing in this world is to be taken for granted."
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Word 013
"Today — and this very moment — will never come again."
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Word 012
"No night lasts forever."
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Word 011
"Your small, quiet word can make the world better."
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Word 010
"My journey of learning will continue for as long as I live."
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Word 009
"Your life is made of the words you use."
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Word 008
"Great Doubt, Great Enlightenment"
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Word 007
"You are the creator of your own life."
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Word 006
"The key lies in two things: empathy and imagination. Hardship deepens a person — and a deeper person becomes kinder."
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Word 005
"Life is a journey to find yourself. The key is not Ego, but Self."
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Word 004
"The journey itself is one of the great pleasures of travel. No — the journey is travel."
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Word 003
"The answer lies within. Stop looking outward — look within. There, the heart grows light."
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Word 002
"Why do we feel anxious? Because we do not know. Our journey of knowing continues, ever onward."
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Word 001
"Change yourself, and others will change. Change yourself, and everything will change."
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