I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.
Use your youth to do something useful or unique or ultimate.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
If it must be enjoyed, then it must be done. And if it must be done, then it must be done well. If it is done well, it is enjoyed well.
And by making that plan you have differentiated yourself from more than ninety percent of the population. You are one of the few, who has a clear direction, a decisive plan of action.
I honour the clarity of the present moment, and the stillness at the centre of being (mine & others), even in the midst of so much doing.
Everything would have been for nothing just because I simply didn’t listen.
You’ve got to be driven to become successful.
Epic art is founded on action, and the model of a society in which action could play out in greatest freedom was that of the heroic Greek period; so said Hegel, and he demonstrated it with The Iliad:...
What alarms me most is the fact that, even when God has now raised up a voice to speak on these issues, many sincerely believe that I am in error or at worst that I am doing something utterly wrong
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.