“If you get in a battle with someone, you don't get their power if you win. Power is something that you have to acquire yourself, through self-inquiry and the practice of meditation.” IfsSelfWinningPracticeMeditationBuddhismBattleAcquireInquiry Author:Frederick Lenz
“The most important thing, my father told me, which I have never forgotten, and which I have often put unto practice was: If you get into a quarrel with anybody, hit him first. "If you hit first, the battle is half-won," my father always said "Don't let him hit first. You hit him first." "What's more," he never forgot to say, too "Usually one blow is all you need." I found this to be true.” IfsNeedsFirstsSaidImportantFoundFatherHalfPracticeBattleImportant ThingsForgottenBlowBeing TrueQuarrels Author:Christopher Vokes
“It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.” MindRealFightingPracticeBuddhismBalanceVictoryBattleGainsDefeatVictory And DefeatReal Victory Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sometimes in the heat of the battle you just got to calm down and use what you do in practice to avoid the penalties.” SometimesUsePracticeBattleDown AndCalmHeatPenaltiesCalm Down Author:DeMarcus Ware
“The way we get past capitalism is by building on the healthy non-capitalist aspects of our world while we also do pitched battle with the capitalist ones that we have a fair chance of winning against. In that way we build a better world and shrink the destructive capitalist practices that are part of the social fabric.” WorldWayPastWinningSocialChancePracticeBuildingHealthyBattleCapitalismFairsAspectDestructiveOur WorldCapitalistFabricShrinks Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.” WorldHeartEndsMomentsRealityPastSpiritualUnderstandingMemoriesPracticeFantasyBattleLetting GoConnectionsAnd LovePresent MomentTimelessFinding PeaceSpiritual PracticeMemories And Love Author:Jack Kornfield