On Warriors "The most effective way to live is as a warrior. A warrior may worry and think before making any decision, but once he makes it, he goes his way, free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting him. That’s the warrior’s way." - Carlos Castaneda
"The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor for anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him." - Carlos Castaneda
"The Indian did not think of the wolf as a warrior in the same sense as he thought of himself as a warrior, but he respected the wolf’s stamina and stoicism and he encouraged these qualities in himself and others. The wolf, therefore, was incorporated into the ceremonies and symbology of war." - Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men
On Fear
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
- Bene Gesserit, Dune
"Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed." -Hunter S. Thompson
"True terror is to wake up one morning & discover that your high school class is running the country." - Kurt Vonnegut
On the Bible
"And the truth I see is that the Bible is populated with people like you and me. People who are flawed and imperfect. People who have crooked teeth and bad skin. Who have stinky breath and dirty feet. Who don't always know the difference between right and wrong. Who are self-serving and capricious. People caught in the conflict and dichotomy between good and evil, between the sacred and the profane, between beauty and ugliness, and between the bright and the moronic. People who hope - and many believe - that they are made in the very image of God." - Barry Moser
"I think when people have illustrated the Bible, most of them have been devout Christians. Because they're devout Christians they can't separate themselves from the work. They get mired in piety, so they can't see the darkness. They only see the light of salvation. But if you don't have the darkness to contrast with the light, then what are you offering but cotton candy for Sunday school children? I think that some of the images in this Bible will be disturbing to a lot of people. The Bible is a very disturbing book." - Barry Moser
"I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little star-bursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language - and it is not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music." - Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine
"I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes." - W.C. Fields
"There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.' " - Ray Charles
"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." - Billy Graham
Wade Davis, The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
Barry Schwartz, Practical Wisdom and the Remoralization of Professional Life
George Vaillant, Spiritual Evolution
From TED
Technology and Faith with Billy Graham (Video)
From The Atlantic
What Makes Us Happy by Joshua Wolf Shenk (Article on George Vaillant)
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