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“But somehow, as the school nerd who always got picked last for everything, I had allowed ‘not being good at sports’ or ‘not being fit’ to enter what I considered to be inherent attributes of myself. The net result is that I was left with an understanding of myself as an incomplete person.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

“But it did seem to be a microcosm of everything in life. No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“Until then I had been trapped, enclosed in a narrow and hard shell, unable to move. With the progress of the practice my self-centeredness started to recede. And freed from distracting thoughts, gradually I was able to break out into an expansive, bright world.”
― Sozen Nagasawa Roshi, In This Body, In This Lifetime: Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women

“Zazen is not part of a self-improvement project, nor is it a means to an end. Our relationship with zazen is not like our relationship with an exercise routine, responsible spending, or healthy eating.”
― Bussho Lahn, Singing and Dancing Are the Voice of the Law: A Commentary on Hakuin's “Song of Zazen”