Heroes
People — real and fictional — whose way of being I try to learn from.
“If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.”
“Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. There are reasons why each of us is born. We have to find those reasons.”
“If I always did only what I was qualified to do, I’d be pushing a broom somewhere.”
“I love a challenge, and saving the planet seems like a good one.”
“The more I give, the more rich I feel.”
“Change is not created, it is cultivated.”
“If you’re not saying ‘hell yeah!’ about something, say no.”
“Being the ‘best you can be’ is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.”
“My life is my message.”
Masculine Archetypes
“Make no apologies, take full responsibility.”
“You don’t become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are.”
“If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.”
“Flow with the go.” — Rickson
“If you want to excel at Jiu-Jitsu, you need to practice your weaknesses, not just your strengths.” — Roger
“High Thumos.”
“Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.”
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Spiritual Role Models
“Love one another, as I have loved you.”
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.”
“Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, mind is their maker.”
“We’re all just walking each other home.”
“Love everyone, serve everyone, remember God.”
Teachers
“You don’t see the mountain, you are the mountain. You don’t hear a bird, you are birdsong.”