Majicman Notes

قومی متفکرند اندر ره دین قومی به گمان فتاده در راه یقین میترسم از آن که بانگ آید روزی کای بیخبران راه نه آنست و نه این خيام Some ponder deeply on religion’s way,Some by… Read more

We are all in the same storm but we are not all in the same boat. Damian Barr Read more

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. Isaac Asimov Read more

One idea I taught was the importance of regaining presence and clarity of mind after making a serious error. This is a hard lesson for all competitors and performers. The first mistake rarely proves disastrous,… Read more

There’s a great part of the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup where Groucho says of Chico, “He may look like an idiot, he may talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you, he really is an… Read more

There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled,… Read more

The novel de­scribes the ut­ter dis­or­der and chaos of bat­tle. The or­ders of the gen­er­als on both sides of the Napoleonic war he chron­i­cles “were sel­dom car­ried out, and then only par­tially. For the most… Read more

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it… Read more

I’ve realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It’s something quite irrational and instinctive. People carry on as though their whole life lies ahead of them. It’s impossible to say whether that’s… Read more

In war, the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won. Sun Tzu, The Art of War Read more