Running, close companion to death, summons us to the most vivid acts of life. Our ancestors (we have forgotten) ran for food and for love, love and lust. For us, a prime symbol of sexuality is the automobile. For the… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong. — George Leonard Copy Share Image
“Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick. The simplest single-celled organism oscillates to a number of different frequencies, at the atomic, molecular, sub-cellular, and cellular levels. Microscopic movies of these organisms are striking for the ceaseless, rhythmic pulsation that is revealed. In an organism as complex as a human being,… — George Leonard Copy Share
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum… — George Leonard Copy Share
How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
To love the plateau is to love what is most essential and enduring in your life. — George Leonard Copy Share Image
Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us. — George Leonard Copy Share Image
Now here is a key: you want to make it real and present in the realm of your consciousness. You don't say "I'm going… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
“Intentionality fuels the master's journey. Every master is a master of vision.” — George Leonard Copy Share Image
At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silence pulse of perfect rhythm which is absolutely individual and unique,… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is nothing but… — George Leonard Copy Share
