he who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
the most common form of despair is not being who you are.
the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life & you will call it fate.
to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
a man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand men in battle.
sovereignty is not the absence of engagement. it's the presence of intention.
a man's character is his fate.
do not speak falsely of thyself, for there is one who hears all. attend to thine own conduct, make it flourish — & thy name will be established forever.
great is the man whose counsel guides himself.
do not say "i have no enemies" — be vigilant against the man within. the enemy closest to you is your own unexamined heart.
the function of wisdom is to discriminate between good & evil.
it's not who i am underneath, but what i do that defines me.
you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
i am not in danger, skyler. i am the danger.
all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
the things you own end up owning you.
after all, tomorrow is another day.
i've been thinking about the man i want to be. the man i want to be is hard to be around people who aren't trying to be anything.
the quieter you become, the more you can hear.
what we do in life echoes in eternity.
wherever you are, be all there.
the present moment always will have been.
he who cannot obey himself will be commanded.
the impediment to action advances action. what stands in the way becomes the way.
what you seek is seeking you.
the silence before the voice is where the real work happens. it asks something of you — patience, mostly. the willingness to not know yet.
a life with good rhythm is not more efficient than a life with a tight schedule. it is more alive.
where your eyes rest, your life follows. so it's worth deciding, deliberately, where to look.