# Quotes(Template)

*A place to store quotes and passages related to your pursuits of mastery. Collect quotes and passages that, when read, encourage your pursuit of mastery. We listed a few default quotes. Delete what does not resonate.*

*Quotes and passages can be sorted by domain or by path.*

##### **Body Quotes**

"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." **Socrates**

**Musashi Dokkōdō Precept 20** | You may abandon your own body, but you must preserve your honor

"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion." **Arnold Schwarzenegger** | [Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder](https://amzn.to/4aPAPuX)

##### **Mind Quotes**

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." **Leonardo Di Vinci**

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." **Albert Einstein**

"Leisure without study is death - a tomb for the living person." **Seneca**

##### **Spirit Quotes**

“The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” **Albert Camus**

“If you follow the present-day world, you will turn your back on the Way; if you would not turn your back on the Way, do not follow the world.” **Takuan Soho** | [The Unfettered Mind](https://amzn.to/4aBSCGf)

"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.” **Musonius Rufus**