Yaru mae ni Wakaru hito
Yattemo Wakaranai hito
A person who comprehends
beforehand, and a person
that even shown
does not comprehend.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Sono ki ni nareba
Kimi wo hitsuyō to shiteiru
Shigoto wa
kanarazu arimasu.
If you set your heart in the job,
there will always be a job.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Kewashii michi de wa
Tsumazuka nai ga,
Tairana michi de
tsumazuku.
You don't trip on
a difficult path, but
you trip on a
level path.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Kurushii naka demo,
Mokuhyö wo motte iru
hito no Kao wa
Kagayaite iru.
Even if you are suffering;
if you have a goal,
your face will glow.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Un ni yotte ikikata ga
Kawaru no dewa nai.
Ikikata ni yotte un ga
Kawaru no desu.
Fortune does not change
your life,
but fortune is changed
by how you live.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Kangaete iru dake dewa
Monogoto wa
susumanai yo
Things will not accomplished
if you only think about them.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Hito to onaji
kimono wo kitemo
Hito to onaji ni wa naranai.
Even if you wear
the same cloths,
you cannot be the same.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
