Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Who seeks shall find.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never complain and never explain.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.