Ash Chapman
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“First, accept that life is hard, and that transforming our life—or our abilities, which amount to much the same thing—is very hard.”
― The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training For Climbers
― The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training For Climbers
“Briefly, this doctrine is that man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep for ever things which are essentially impermanent. Chief among these things is his own person, for this is his means of isolating himself from the rest of life, his castle into which he can retreat and from which he can assert himself against external forces. He believes that this fortified and isolated position is the best means of obtaining happiness; it enables him to fight against change, to strive to keep pleasing things for himself, to shut out suffering and to shape circumstances as he wills. In short, it is his means of resisting life. The”
― The Spirit of Zen: A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East
― The Spirit of Zen: A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East
“Silence in itself is rich. It is exclusive and luxurious. A key to unlock new ways of thinking. I don’t regard it as a renunciation or something spiritual, but rather as a practical resource for living a richer life. Or, to put it in more ordinary terms, as a deeper form of experiencing life than just turning on the TV to watch the news, again.”
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
“(I had been forced by the company who owned the plane that flew me to the northern edge of Antarctica to bring a radio. The last thing I did in the plane was to leave the batteries in the rubbish bin.)”
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
“Whenever I am unable to walk, climb or sail away from the world, I have learned to shut it out. Learning this took time. Only when I understood that I had a primal need for silence was I able to begin my search for it – and there, deep beneath a cacophony of traffic noise and thoughts, music and machinery, iPhones and snow ploughs, it lay in wait for me. Silence.”
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
― Silence: In the Age of Noise
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