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“A lot of people don't have opinions...they have weaponized ideals.”
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“You can't pull a gun just because a crazy person wants to talk to you. If I did that I'd never get through a family Christmas.”
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“My meditation objective is to be calmer and to assist with my practice in aikido and krav maga. I generally sit between 10 and 20 minutes every day in the morning. What I have found is that if a meditation method works for you, then use it. I have seen some other styles of practice that I have initially thought nonsense, such as focusing on dolphin sounds, Indian shaman chanting, and so on. But if at the end of the day it works for you…then it works.”
― Meditation for Warriors
― Meditation for Warriors
“The willingness to use force usually means you won't have to. It is a paradox because our modern culture conditions us to believe violence attracts violence, and violence never solves anything.”
― In the Name of Self-Defense:: What it costs. When it's worth it
― In the Name of Self-Defense:: What it costs. When it's worth it
“Between stimulus and response there is a gap. It's a moment of choice about our actions and reactions. Most people blow past this, react out of habit and then claim they were helpless against themselves.
Mind the gap.”
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Mind the gap.”
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