George Leonard Quotes

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At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path.

George Leonard

Heart, Practice, Mastery

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself.

George Leonard

Moving, Practice, Simply You

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.

George Leonard

Creativity, Journey, Years

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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How to begin the journey? You need only to take the first step. When? There is always now.

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Journey, Needs, Firsts

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The real juice of life, whether it be sweet or bitter, is to be found not nearly so much in the products of our efforts as in the process of living itself, in how it feels to be alive.

George Leonard

Sweet, Real, Effort

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.

George Leonard

Lying, Discovery, Essence

George Leonard (1992). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment”, p.69, Penguin

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Keep practicing, even when you seem to be getting nowhere.

George Leonard

Seems

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

George Leonard

Inspirational, Powerful, Humanity

George Leonard (2001). “The Ultimate Athlete”, p.254, North Atlantic Books

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It's easy to get on the path of mastery. The real challenge lies in staying on it.

George Leonard

Real, Lying, Challenges

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

George Leonard

Journey, Risk, Mastery

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Of what is the body made? It is made of emptiness and rhythm. At the ultimate heart of the body, at the heart of the world, there is no solidity. Once again, there is only the dance.

George Leonard

Philosophy, Heart, Medicine

George Leonard (2009). “The Silent Pulse”, p.40, Gibbs Smith

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In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

George Leonard

Life, Adversity, Order

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Education is... doing anything that changes you.

George Leonard

Education

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If you intend to take the journey of mastery, the best thing you can do is to arrange for first-rate instruction.

George Leonard

Journey, Firsts, Mastery

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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Not to dream more boldly may turn out to be, in view of present realities, simply irresponsible.

George Leonard

Dream, Reality, Views

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Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us.

George Leonard

Future, Surprise, Predictions

George Leonard (2009). “The Silent Pulse”, p.139, Gibbs Smith

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To love the plateau is to love what is most essential and enduring in your life.

George Leonard

Essentials, Endure

George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself.

George Leonard

Gold, Rewards, Path

George Leonard (1992). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment”, p.108, Penguin

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At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silence pulse of perfect rhythm which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything else.

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Healing, Heart, Unique

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Mastery is the art of setting your foot on the path.

George Leonard

Art, Feet, Mastery

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The more you move in rhythm with someone, the closer you become with that person.

George Leonard

Moving, Rhythm, Persons

George Leonard (2009). “The Silent Pulse”, p.31, Gibbs Smith

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Now here is a key: you want to make it real and present in the realm of your consciousness. You don't say "I'm going to do such and such" - it already has happened. Now, is consciousness real? It exists and it is very powerful. The idea is to have this mesh between your consciousness - your visualization - and the so-called material world.

George Leonard

Powerful, Real, Ideas

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What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong.

George Leonard

What If, Very Good, Ifs

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Practice is the path of mastery.

George Leonard

Practice, Mastery, Path

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Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators.

George Leonard

Way, Generations, Educator

George Leonard (1987). “Education and Ecstasy: With, "The Great School Reform Hoax"”, p.7, North Atlantic Books

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Born: August 9, 1923
Died: January 6, 2010
Occupation: Writer
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