“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next […]
“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” – Joseph Campbell
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” – Paulo Coelho
“Spirit first, technique second.” – 5th point of Shōtōkan nijū kun (松濤館二十訓) Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate-Do
That “one thing” – from “City Slickers” (1991) Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? Mitch: No. What? Curly: This. Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing.You stick to that and everything else don’t mean shit. Mitch:That’s great, but… what’s the “one thing”? Curly: That’s what *you* gotta figure out.
A very impressive scene from “Searching for Bobby Fischer” (1993) Don’t miss the full movie! “Vinnie: He didn’t teach you how to win, he taught you how not to lose. That’s nothing to be proud of. You’re playing not to lose, Josh. You’ve got to risk losing. You’ve got to risk everything. You’ve got to […]
…you might miss the easy solution.
Thought-provoking 5 minutes on the state of the world from the late, great Alan Watts, a man far ahead of his time. (Please note that he died in 1973…)
