Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.

- Peter Ralston

Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.

- Peter Ralston

Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

- Peter Ralston