The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.
If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one.
A student might ask, how long will it take to learn guitar. . . , the answer is, as long as you live - that short.
When you play guitar you are drawing a frame around a moment and saying to the listener, 'Here is how I want you to experience this. How you begin and end a solo is framing, How you structure a song is framing, how you present yourself onstage is framing. See every corner, not just the center, framing should heighten the impact of the art and give clarity to your vision.
The only time and place to find enlightenment is in this moment. No need to check your watch. The time is now.
We take life for granted, sleepwalking until a shattering event knocks us awake. Zen says, don't wait until the car accident, the cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one to get your priorities straight. Do it now.
Do not analyze things to death. Sometimes the best strategy is, "Ready, fire, aim. " Do it first , then make adjustments. The answer lies in action-not in words.
Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:– And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.
We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.
Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service--it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one's country means that a man is personally unwilling to live as the conquered slave of any enemy, foreign or domestic. This is an enormous virtue.