"Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation."

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Source : "'Art of Learning' isn't just black and white". Interview with Tracey Wong Briggs, usatoday30.usatoday.com. July 17, 2007.

Joshua Waitzkin

#Art Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.”
“... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been the supreme authority for Homo sapiens since the days when he was probably arboreal.”
“Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.”
“O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone ...”
“In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.”

Source : IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 4, 2006.
“Ethics to me is very important.”

Source : "Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal urged Rebekah Brooks to quit" by Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.
“I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.”
“The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.”

Source : In Observer 8 Jan. 1933

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