The way to see what looks good and understand the reasons it looks good, and to be at one with this goodness as the work proceeds, is to cultivate an inner quietness, a peace of mind so that goodness can shine through.
Robert M. PirsigRead
If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.
Interpretation
Balance your actions according to your energy levels to achieve progress.
This quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining a balance between effort and rest while pursuing goals. It suggests that one should adapt their pace based on their current state, indicating that achieving balance can lead to successfully navigating challenges, much like climbing a mountain.
In practice
This quote can inspire a team during a project to pace their work effectively.
The way to see what looks good and understand the reasons it looks good, and to be at one with this goodness as the work proceeds, is to cultivate an inner quietness, a peace of mind so that goodness can shine through.
When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process.
The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain.
It's better not to see than to see wrongly.
The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.
You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally.
Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it.
I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.
You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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