Those who are able, have no desire [chi po non vo]
Those who desire, have no ability [chi vo non po]
Those who know, do not act [chi sa non fa]
Those who act, do not know [chi fa non sa]
And so the world goes badly [et così il mondo mal va]
–Ascoli Piceno, 1529
"Here’s Tom with the weather.”
“Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. When other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them. But, as the demonstration shows, sincere, clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience.”
― Stephen R. Covey, [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change]
This guy is a monster, lol.
“To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
― Stephen R. Covey, [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change]
Talent is just talent until it is actualized; until then, it is insignificant.
If you don’t see yourself as a winner then you cannot perform as a winner
~ Zig Ziglar
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
― Stephen R. Covey
Monsters…
“Spirit” comes from the Latin word “to breathe.” What we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. Despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word “spiritual” that we are talking of anything other than matter (including the matter of which the brain is made), or anything outside the realm of science. On occasion, I will feel free to use the word. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or of acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.” - Carl Sagan
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication " Da Vinci
Verse 10 of the Tao Te Ching
Hold fast to the Power of the One
It will unify the body and merge it with the spirit
It will cleanse the vision and reveal the world as flawless
It will focus the life-force and make one supple as a newborn
As you love the people and rule the state, can you be free of self-interest?
As the gates of Heaven open and close, can you remain steadfast as the mother bird who sits with her nest?
As your wisdom reaches the four corners of the world, can you keep the innocence of a beginner?
Know this Primal Power that guides without forcing that serves without seeking
that brings forth and sustains life yet does not own or possess it
One who holds this Power brings Tao to this very Earth
He can triumph over a raging fire or the freeze of winter weather
Yet when he comes to rule the world, it’s with the gentleness of a feather
[What do you think about this translation, @SaintSovereign ? I suspect you’ve looked at a lot of different ones.]
People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is ‘you’re safe with me’- that’s intimacy.
From the book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it"
I’m not a huge Lord of the Rings fan but always liked this quote:
It’s about adversity and acceptance of unchosen circumstances.
Don’t waste energy wishing life were different.
Focus on how you can use the time and circumstances you do have.
Greatness emerges when people rise to challenges they never wanted.
What makes this quote even more powerful is JRR Tolkien fought in WW1. He was at the Battle of the Somme, which was one of the most brutal battles in the war. He experienced the horrors of trench warfare.
So this quote was not written from philosophical stance, but from the firsthand experience of a man who survived one of history’s darkest times.
“Spiritual bypassing is a term I coined to describe a process I saw happening in the Buddhist community I was in, and also in myself. Although most of us were sincerely trying to work on ourselves, I noticed a widespread tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks. When we are spiritually bypassing, we often use the goal of awakening or liberation to rationalize what I call premature transcendence: trying to rise above the raw and messy side of our humanness before we have fully faced and made peace with it. And then we tend to use absolute truth to disparage or dismiss relative human needs, feelings, psychological problems, relational difficulties, and developmental deficits. I see this as an ‘occupational hazard’ of the spiritual path, in that spirituality does involve a vision of going beyond our current karmic situation.” ― John Welwood
Quote about spiritual bypass - without question one of the top 3 most popular coping mechanisms in self-development within the 21st century.
“Losers focus on winners and winners focus on winning.”
Losers focus on losers
Lololol now Im just baiting myself
