Words of Wisdom

General
*No weapon fashioned against me shall prosper. - Isaiah 54:17

*Obsessed is merely a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated.

*own up who you are (being congruent - your words, thoughts and actions are
aligned)

*It's not a life or death situation bro. Most important question you can ask yourself
is....Why are you letting other girls, other guys, and situations control how happy you
feel? Why are you giving them permission over your life?
Man up.- some guy

*Act it like you own it.

*What is "home"? there is no home, it's mind-made.
You can feel at home in any place in the world.
Every place in the world is your sanctuary.

*"Most people walk through life in a walking daze"

*"Accept that the world owes you nothing, and that
on the long-run you'll get no more or less than you deserve"

*Be the star of the movie, not the spectator.

*Handle your shit, son.

*it's not a win\lose situation, it's a win\learn.

*Truth is, wealth comes from being skilled, experienced and networked.

* , Kobi

*Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. - Yogi Berra

*"When alone, you have no one to speak you...but yourself. And you might find
some crazy shit down there. Dont run to the TV, or your phone. Get comfortable,
embrace the silence, and if you find this hard you have some shit to deal with,
implicit or explicit. Dont be afraid to go into yourself."

*"The world is a mirror. It reflects to you who you are. People react according to
your actions, and your actions, and how you do them, are an expression of how you
truly perceive yourself."

*Every action you do serves a purpose, it serves someone. You need to make sure
that someone is you. Not some artificial moralities, not something society dictated
to you, not someone else's greed.

*"I was born alone and I will die alone. Ive got to do whats right for me and not live
my life the way anybody else wants it." - Curtis Jackson

* The Silence and the Storm
"It is a fine line to walk, balancing between calmness and activeness.
Being serene without withdrawing to passiveness is a mental feat.
As a matter of fact, calmness and passiveness are unrelated just
as stress and proactivity.
Strive for a relentless, aggressive, passionate, proactive state of mind, all while
maintaining an unshakable sense of calmness, lucidity and serenity."

*Nobody lies in their death bed thinking "I wish I had less sex in my life"

"I have nothing to prove, I don't need to be right and I don't need to step on anyone
else while they are building their kingdom."

"Remember, your ability to see the greatness in another displays your ability to see
the greatness within yourself. You are a kingbut then - so am I." Elliot Hulse

*"Since there is no God, we are born without an essence. We have no divine purpose
or predetermined path. This means that we are absolutely free to do what we
choose and build our essence through our actions"

*"If you can't master up the motivation to get shit done, sometimes you have to
throw yourself off the cliff and learn how to fly." Elliott Hulse





Intellectual
*Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond
the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man,
believe that it is within your own compass also. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

*Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,
not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

* I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of
men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of
others. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

* It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting
it. - Aristotle


Life
* Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough: we must do.
- Bruce Lee

*"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly" - Friedrich
Nietzsche, 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'

*For me, I am driven by two main philosophies:
know more today about the world than I knew yesterday
and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson


Spiritual
* "Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes.
Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes" - Alan Watts

*If you love a flower, dont pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be
what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is
about appreciation. - Osho


Democracy
*Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and
cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just
as good as your knowledge'. - Isaac Asimov

*"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average
voter." - Winston Churchill


Motivational
*Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep
inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the
will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad Ali