"Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with will-power to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will be failure. Push it to a place where there can be success, and there will be success. But whether there is success or failure, if one entrusts himself to the straightness of this wagon of the core of the mind, he will attain right-mindedness in either case. Severing oneself from desire and being like a rock or tree, nothing will ever be achieved. Not departing from desire, but realizing a desireless right-mindedness - this is the Way."

Source : "The Unfettered Mind: Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman".

Takuan Soho

#Failure Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Tree Quotes

“[About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man; it involved the collaboration of scores of scientists from many different lands. But from the first to last the deeply creative, subtle and critical spirit of Niels Bohr guided, restrained, deepened and finally transmuted the enterprise.”
“We never know until the beast of opportunity is staring us in the face.”

Source : Tess Gerritsen (2015). “The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again”, p.315, Ballantine Books
“If we live truly, we shall see truly.”
“I decided to work on hand animate because the animators work as authors in every little scene and it brings real soul for characters.”
“the sins of children rise up in judgment against their parents.”

Source : Lady Caroline Lamb (2009). “The Works of Lady Caroline Lamb: Glenarvon (1816)”
“Iâ€™m â€œexceptionalâ€- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of â€œgiftedâ€ and â€œdeprivedâ€ (which used to mean â€œbrightâ€ and â€œretardedâ€) and as soon as â€œexceptionalâ€ begins to mean anything to anyone theyâ€™ll change it. The idea seems to be: use an expression as long as it doesnâ€™t mean anything to anybody. â€œExceptionalâ€ refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life Iâ€™ve been exceptional.”
“Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.”
“Knowing how people will use something is essential”

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