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Stillness Is the Key
those who seek stillness must come to . . . • Develop a strong moral compass. • Steer clear of envy and jealousy and harmful desires. • Come to terms with the painful wounds of their childhood. • Practice gratitude and appreciation for the world around them. • Cultivate relationships and love in their lives. • Place belief and control in the hands
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Stillness is what aims the archer’s arrow. It inspires new ideas. It sharpens perspective and illuminates connections. It slows the ball down so that we might hit it. It generates a vision, helps us resist the passions of the mob, makes space for gratitude and wonder. Stillness allows us to persevere. To succeed. It is the key that unlocks the insi
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Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save face. Put yourself in his shoes—so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil—nothing is so self-blinding.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life (The Way, the Enemy and the Key)
To the Epicureans real pleasure was about freedom from pain and agitation.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life (The Way, the Enemy and the Key)
“When you realize there is nothing lacking,” Lao Tzu says, “the whole world belongs to you.”
Ryan Holiday • Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life (The Way, the Enemy and the Key)
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the ai
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Arthur Schopenhauer used to say that “sleep is the source of all health and energy.” He said it better still on a separate occasion: “Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death. The higher the interest rate and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.”
Ryan Holiday • Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life (The Way, the Enemy and the Key)
Confucius wrote that the “gentleman is self-possessed and relaxed, while the petty man is perpetually full of worry.”
Ryan Holiday • Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life (The Way, the Enemy and the Key)
Careful as someone crossing an iced-over stream. Alert as a warrior in enemy territory. Courteous as a guest. Fluid as melting ice. Shapable as a block of wood. Receptive as a valley. Clear as a glass of water. The Daoists would say that he had stilled the muddied water in his mind until he could see through