Yasuhiro Yoshida

“Zen teacher Jakusho Kwong suggests becoming “an active participant in loss.” We’re conditioned to seek only gain, to be happy, and to try to satisfy all our desires, he explains. But even though we may understand on some level that loss is a catalyst for growth, most people still believe it to be the opposite of gain and to be avoided at all costs. If I’ve learned anything in my years of practicing Zen and coaching basketball, it’s that what we resist persists.”
― Phil Jackson

“The first revolution is when you change your mind about how you look at things, and see there might be another way to look at it that you have not been shown.”
― Gil Scott-Heron, Black Light: The African American Hero

“We reveal most about ourselves when we speak about others.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.”
― Frank Lucas, American Gangster