Focus and mindstates

“Whatever state of mind you are in, ignore it. Think only of cutting.”
Miyamoto Musashi, 16th century Japanese sword master

Thick Black Theory

When you conceal your will from others, that is Thick.
When you impose your will on others, that is Black.
Lee Zhong Chang, Thick Black Theory

Magic Yuja

No words, a cyborg in blue jeans…
Btw, a perfect technique with a fantastic musical taste.
Simply unbelievable…

Arrogance by ignorance

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert things”
Charles Darwin

Don Corleone’s wisdom

“A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.”

“I work my whole life, I don’t apologize to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on the string held by all those bigshots. I don’t apologize; that’s my life”
Marlon Brando, as Don Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” (1972)

Monogamy

“Monogamy is only due to a man’s failure in business”
JP Getty

Sex & Money

Sex and money are the two building blocks of life. Fortunately if you have one, you can always get the other.
Anonymous
(please note that this is science: money and sex, or “survival and reproduction”, are the two real pillars of evolution…)

Vigilandum est

“vigilandum est; nisi properamus relinquemur; agit nos agiturque veloxdies; inscii rapimur; omnia in futurum disponimus et inter praecipitialenti sumus’
Seneca

(We must wake up; unless we hasten, we shall be left behind. Time rolls swiftly ahead, and rolls us with it. We are hurried along ignorant of our destiny; we arrange all our plans for the future, and on the edge of a precipice are at our ease.)

The hardest work

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it”
Henry Ford

What do we need to achieve great things

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”
Leonard Bernstein