September 2011
9 posts
“Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is...”
“Good intelligence, threat and trends analysis, security testing, pentesting and...”
– Uri
“Any security product that is labeled “high security” isn’t.”
“Understand. Anticipate. Adapt.”
“Colsch’s (Keep It Simple) Maxim: Security won’t work if there are too many...”
“As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon...”
– Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
“If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but...”
– Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
“What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is...”
– René Daumal
Not really about packing light but about my longing to be in the mountains. Soon we’ll have fall and winter and I’ll be off to the mountains.
The quote was taken from Craig Mod’s fantastic writeup: Annapurna Moonrise. Go read it and take a moment to be quiet.
(via packlite)
“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
August 2011
29 posts
“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back...”
– Yvon Chouinard
“The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of...”
– Yvon Chouinard
“The more you know, the less you need.”
– Yvon Chouinard (Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman)
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”
– Yvon Chouinard
“The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively...”
– Henry S. Haskins
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
– Susan Jeffers
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford
“Make a decision, even if it’s wrong.”
– Jarvis Klem
“We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.”
– Tom Clancy
“The world has become so complex that simple tasks are nearly impossible.”
– Scott Adams
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”
– Henry Rollins
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to...”
– William Morris
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
“The problem with object-oriented languages is they’ve got all this implicit...”
– Joe Armstrong
“Of all hands in the world, it was not the hand that I wanted or dreamed of...”
– Yitzhak Rabin
“First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.”
– Epictetus
“Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.”
– William Hazlitt
“We aren’t going to try to train you, we’re going to try to kill you.”
– Soldier I, SAS
“By way of deception, thou shalt do war.”
“I don’t mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it’s...”
– Colonel Curtis LeMay
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A...”
– Hagakure
“According to what one of the elders said, taking an enemy on the battlefield is...”
– Hagakure
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden...”
– Hagakure
“It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in...”
– Hagakure
“When your mind is going hither and thither, discrimination will never be brought...”
– Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”
– Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and...”
– Morihei Ueshiba, o’sensei. Creator of Aikido and the Art of Peace.
“Masakatsu agatsu, true victory is victory over oneself, is commonly interpreted...”
– Masakatsu Agatsu, Dan Kawakami Sensei
“Find a way to succeed.”
– Anonymous
July 2011
2 posts
“One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen.”
– RENÉ DAUMAL
“I had to close down everything
I had to close down my mind
Too many things to...”
– Moby, Extreme Ways
June 2011
22 posts
“What kind of man makes it through Hell Week? That’s hard to say. But I do...”
– Lt. Cmdr. Greitens talking about the qualities of the US Navy SEALs
“When you really want to do something right, which is usually what you should be...”
– Jason Fried
“Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have – and...”
– Philip Appleman
“For me, trying hard increasingly means shifting my hammerhead mentality, being...”
– Kelly Cordes
“Beware of the man with one gun, he will know how to use it.”
– Old west adage.
“As Marines, our message to our foes has essential always been the same. We own...”
– US Marine
“The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.”
– John Steinbeck.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night. And when you move, fall...”
– Sun Tzu
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
“When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything...”