“In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.” WaySelfPlaySportsPerfectMovementHealthBuddhismDisciplineAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“When your spirit is free and your body is well developed, magic occurs. You are able to let go and become the play.” WellsPlayBodyAbleSpiritMagicHealthBuddhismLetting GoYour BodyAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you will do next. You couldn't even explain it.” KnowsPlayNextHealthBuddhismIncludingUnpredictableFluidAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can hit a home run. If you are honest, you'll know when it's perfect because at that critical moment of connection, there was no sense of being there. That is perfect play. There is no self involved.” IfsKnowsSelfPlayMomentsHomeRunningPerfectHonestHealthBuddhismInvolvedConnectionsCriticalBeing ThereAthleticsHome RunCritical Moments Author:Frederick Lenz
“If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the team, then we have a functioning unit. If we have a lot of hotshots who want attention, you won't really play that well.” IfsWantWellsPlayEnergyAttentionTeamHealthBuddhismMembersEgoUnitsAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The emptiness of play is when there is no self present. There is no one playing - there is only play itself taking place, perfect fluid motion.” SelfPlayPerfectHealthBuddhismEmptinessFluidAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.” IfsMindSelfPlaySportsPlayerHealthBuddhismParticipationSense Of SelfAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The more perfectly you can refine the process of Frisbee, the tighter your energy is and the more you become one with the nothingness of the Frisbee, the nothingness of the play.” PlayEnergyProcessHealthBuddhismNothingnessAthleticsFrisbee Author:Frederick Lenz
“Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than any country on Earth and any religion. We move masses. We want to use that to create more peace, justice and health in the world.” PeopleWorldWantCountryPlayUseEarthMovingPeaceJusticeEmotionRolesHealthMassBillionsThanksSoccerTriggersInfluentialPeace JusticePositive EmotionsFifa Author:Pope Francis
“...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.” ChildrenDoeCountryPlayJoyQualityCompassionMarriageHealthProductsIntegrityOur ChildrenWitDebateDevotionOur CountryOfficialsWorthwhileGrossGdpPublic OfficialsGross Domestic Product Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“It will take a massive effort to move society from corporate domination, in which industry's rights to pollute and damage health and the environment supersede the public's right to live, work, and play in safety. This is a political fight. The science is already there, showing that people's health is at risk. To win, we will need to keep building the movement, networking with one another, planning, strategizing, and moving forward. Our children's futures, and those of their unborn children, are at stake.” PeopleNeedsChildrenPlayMovingPoliticalFightingWinningWorkEffortEnvironmentRightsRiskMovementBuildingHealthIndustryOur ChildrenSafetyPlanningMoving ForwardCorporateDamageMassiveStakesDominationNetworkingUnbornUnborn ChildWork And Play Author:Lois Gibbs
“Many of the greatest things man has achieved are not the result of consciously directed thought, and still less the product of a deliberately coordinated effort of many individuals, but of a process in which the individual plays a part which he can never fully understand.” MenStillsPlayIndividualProcessResultsEffortHealthProductsCivilization Author:Friedrich August von Hayek