“The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.” WayMindArtSelfBodyArtistFightingWinningEmotionSituationHealthBuddhismArt IsMartial ArtsCombatMasterySelf MasteryAthleticsMind BodyMartial Artist Author:Frederick Lenz
“Congratulations to the Italian people for winning the World Cup. ... They won after France's best player got ejected for head butting. That's the closest anyone in a French uniform has come to combat in 60 years.” PeopleWorldYearsWinningPlayerCupsFranceItalianCombatClosestUniformsCongratulationsBest PlayersWorld Cup Author:Jay Leno
“In America, snobs who wouldn't be seen dead with a lottery ticket play the stock market. We like to gamble. Winning, we have closed our eyes, leapt across the yawning abyss, and landed knee-deep in daisies. Even losing has a certain gloomy glamour: the gods of chance are worthy opponents; we have engaged them in hand-to-hand combat and though we lost, at least we shrank not from the contest.” PlayHandsEyeAmericaCertainWinningLostChanceLosingWorthyKneesOpponentsEngagedCombatTicketsContestsAbyssGlamourChances AreGambleLotteryGloomyDaisiesSnobYawningLottery TicketWorthy Opponents Author:Barbara Holland
“The paradox is that, by children taking shortcuts through computer games, through fantasies, through movies that load on all the emotional stimulation of encountering life in a stylized way - all of this is the equivalent of mainlining of paleolithic emotions, emotions about combat, about personal success, about overcoming monsters, about making powerful friendships, about winning wars and entering new territory.” WayChildrenWarGamesWinningPowerfulEmotionFantasyEmotionalComputerOvercomingMonstersParadoxTerritoryCombatLoadEnteringShortcutsStimulationPersonal SuccessNew TerritoryComputer Games Author:E. O. Wilson