The way to see what looks good and understand the reasons it looks good, and to be at one with this goodness as the work proceeds, is to cultivate an inner quietness, a peace of mind so that goodness can shine through.
Robert M. PirsigRead
Stuckness shouldn't be avoided. It's the physic predecessor of all real understanding.
Interpretation
Stuckness is a necessary part of the learning process and should be embraced for deeper understanding.
The quote emphasizes that experiencing 'stuckness' or moments of confusion and frustration is essential for gaining true insight. Rather than avoiding these challenging experiences, we should recognize them as vital steps that lead to deeper knowledge and comprehension in our journeys.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about perseverance in learning.
The way to see what looks good and understand the reasons it looks good, and to be at one with this goodness as the work proceeds, is to cultivate an inner quietness, a peace of mind so that goodness can shine through.
When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process.
The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain.
It's better not to see than to see wrongly.
The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.
You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally.
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.
Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am.
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
"He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix. 2). God allowed him to fall, because He meant to make him ruler over the whole world, that, remembering his own fall, he might forgive those who should slip in the future. And that what I have said is no guess, listen to Christ Himself saying: 'Simon, Simon, etc.'"
There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.
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