Whether a country rises or falls, whether a town flourishes or decays, the answer lies in every case with the people.
If we go on merely living from one day to the next, Nagaoka will never be rebuilt.
It's because everyone is complaining of not having enough to eat that I thought of building a school.
Ours is an age in which Torasabura's use of his hundred sacks of rice, to educate his people for a hundred years ahead, has special relevance. The story has a message, not restricted to a particular time or place, which can illuminate our path into the next century.
Whether a country rises or falls, whether a town flourishes or decays, the answer lies in every case with the people.
If we go on merely living from one day to the next, Nagaoka will never be rebuilt.
It's because everyone is complaining of not having enough to eat that I thought of building a school.
Ours is an age in which Torasabura's use of his hundred sacks of rice, to educate his people for a hundred years ahead, has special relevance. The story has a message, not restricted to a particular time or place, which can illuminate our path into the next century.