quotes
- "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
—Basho
- "Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down."
—Robert M. Pirsig
- "The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."
—Robert M. Pirsig
- "The good traveller doesn't know where he's going—the great traveller doesn't know where he's been."
—Chuang Tzu
- "Look alive. Here comes a buzzard."
—Lady Stella Reading
- "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
—Michelangelo
- "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no person would have believed would have come their way. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it."
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."
—Henry David Thoreau
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
—Shunryu Suzuki