The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance. The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggres...
The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.
The people around you are generally mysterious. You are never quite sure about their intentions. They present an appearance that is often deceptive—their manipulative actions don’t match their lofty w...
The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to it until it becomes dead; they want to flatter themselves that they know the truth...
The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact the ideal we must aspire to, the highest point of human rationality.
The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
There are many paths to mastery, and if you are persistent you will certainly find one that suits you. But a key component in the process is determining your mental and psychological strengths and wor...
There is a popular saying in Japan that goes Tada yori takai mono wa nai, meaning: Nothing is more costly than something given free of charge. THE UNSPOKEN WAY, MICHIHIRO MATSUMOTO, 1988
Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.
There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
There is too little mystery in the world; too many people say exactly what they feel or want.
Think of the mind as a river: the faster it flows, the better it keeps up with the present and responds to change. The faster it flows, also the more it refreshes itself and the greater its energy. Ob...
Those who seek to achieve things should show no mercy. Kautilya, Indian philosopher third century B.C. OBSERVANCE
You cannot repress anger or love, or avoid feeling them, and you should not try.
Too much respect for other people's wisdom will make you depreciate your own.
Too often we make a separation in our lives—there is work and there is life outside work, where we find real pleasure and fulfillment. Work is often seen as a means for making money so we can enjoy th...
True ownership can come only from within. It comes from a disdain for anything or anybody that impinges upon your mobility, from a confidence in your own decisions, and from the use of your time in co...
With our limited senses and consciousness, we only glimpse a small portion of reality. Furthermore, everything in the universe is in a state of constant flux. Simple words and thoughts cannot capture...
When you turn your back on someone, they come running after you.
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