February 2012
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
—Helen Keller (via hip-)
“You are not to do anything to be happy. In fact you have done too much to become unhappy. If you want to be unhappy, do too much. If you want to be happy, allow things, allow things to be. Rest, relax, and be in a letgo. Let-go is the secret of life. Let-go is the secret of religion. Let-go is the greatest secret. When you are in a let-go many things, millions of things, start happening. They were already happening but you were never aware.”
—Osho (via hip-)
“When strong appear weak, when weak appear strong.”
—Sun Tzu via Art of War (via philosophyoffighting)
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“There should be no such thing as strong sword blows or weak sword blows…When facing an enemy in mortal combat, nobody thinks striking weakly or powerfully. When one only thinks of killing the other, there is no sense of strength, and of course no sense of weakness; one only thinks of death of the enemy.”
—Miyamoto Musashi via The Book of Five rings (via philosophyoffighting)
“
You’ve made plenty of mistakes. Now is when you can
positively apply the lessons you’ve learned from those
mistakes.
You’ve made lots of excuses, and found that those excuses
have not brought any value to your life. Now you’re in a
position to leave the excuses behind and to take the actions
that create real value.
You’ve fantasized about getting something for nothing. Yet
now you realize that your own fulfillment must come from
your own efforts.
It’s easy to see now that most of the limitations that have
held you back have been self-imposed. And with that
realization comes genuine freedom from those limitations.
When you understand how much you’ve held yourself back, you
can also see how truly powerful you are. Now is your
opportunity to direct that power toward a meaningful,
positive purpose.
Each day, each moment, you create your own unique experience
of life. Now, get busy and create something truly
magnificent.
