“Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes? Is there such a thing as a biologically rooted female culture that should remain separate from male culture, partly because it is different than or superior to male culture? Women must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves.” ShouldDifferentCultureSexSkillsBehaviorStandardsFemaleMalesSuperiorsRootedReliance Author:Phyllis Chesler
“Unless a man has considerable skill with and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by.” MenGamesDangerousSkillsWeaponsReliance Author:Townsend Whelen
“Every child is born not only with a stomach that has to be catered to, it is also endowed with two hands which can work and produce the food for the stomach. The hands have to be given the strength and skill; they have to learn the lesson of self-reliance. They should never be lazy or slothful. Then, there can be no deficiency in food and no problem of underfeeding.” ShouldChildrenTwoSelfProblemHandsGivenBornProduceLessonsSkillsLazyStomachSelf RelianceNo ProblemRelianceDeficiencyTwo Hands Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Archery, fencing, spear fighting, all of the martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arranging...in all of these, correct breathing, correct balance, and correct stillness help to remake the individual. The basic aim is always the same: by tirelessly practicing a given skill, the student finally sheds the ego with its fears, worldly ambitions, and reliance on objective scrutiny - sheds it so completely that he becomes the instrument of a deeper power, from which mastery falls instinctively, without further effort on his part, like a ripe fruit.” ArtHelpingFallFightingIndividualGivenEffortStudentsFlowerBalanceSkillsEgoAmbitionAimInstrumentsFruitDeeperObjectivesTeaBreathingMartial ArtsStillnessMasteryShedWorldlyCeremonyRelianceRipeScrutinyRemakesSpearsArrangingArcheryFencingRipe FruitTea Ceremony Author:Karlfried Graf Durckheim
“Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.” LongSelfMotivationTermTechnologyDisciplineSkillsComputerCommandLong TermInternalsSelf MotivationSelf DisciplineSelf RelianceOld FashionedRelianceBasicsComputer TechnologyReinforcement Author:Steven Pressfield