From: "Steve Venti" <jsnop..@..ail.com>
Date: 2008-06-01 06:34:57
Message ID: <44aabd050805311434h2f8c41f6n735e1fcbd7c31e7@mail.gmail.com>
Parent: <df912a760805311204v29f01555jd4f6cdaf3531977d@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 鰯の頭も信心から
Kevin asks:

>
鰯の頭も信心からとは、イワシの頭のようなつまらないものでも、信仰すれば
>
非常に尊いものに見えることから、信仰心の不思議さをたとえたことわざ。
>
> I'm thinking about simply using "the heart of faith," but I wondered if
> anyone could think of a similarly proverbial expression in English.

To those who believe, no explanation is necessary; to those who
believe not, no explanation is possible.

Franz Werfel, Song of Bernadette

--
Steve Venti

So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine,
Torn by what we've done and can't undo.
--Leonard Cohen, Song of Bernadette
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