I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and squirrels. I hear the life of the trees this wood came from. Garth Stein More Quotes by Garth Stein More Quotes From Garth Stein The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph. Garth Stein champion hero order I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us! Garth Stein zebras self fear There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. Garth Stein racing race inspirational To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to. Garth Stein encounters joy life She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her body as she exhaled, and then she had no more needs, no more reason; she was released from her body, and being released, she continued her journey elsewhere, high in the firmament where soul material gathers and plays out all the dreams and joys of which we temporal beings can barely conceive, all the things that are beyond our comprehension, but even so, are not beyond our attainment if we choose to attain them, and believe that we truly can. Garth Stein dream night believe He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave. Garth Stein purpose soul death We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves. Garth Stein existence [T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish. Garth Stein race long firsts But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all? Garth Stein feasting We are the creators of our own destiny. Garth Stein creator destiny To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. Garth Stein live-every-day stolen ifs Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state… something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host? Garth Stein lonely mind world We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our hearts is perfect and true, stands before us. Garth Stein mirrors roots heart It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible. Garth Stein champion our-world thinking People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end. Garth Stein speak dark people Somewhere, the zebra is dancing. Garth Stein zebras dancing People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes. Garth Stein ritual sometimes people Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe. Garth Stein i-believe sometimes believe In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle. Garth Stein wall track eye So what if man's body evolved from the monkeys? Whether he came from monkeys or fish is unimportant. The important idea is that when the body became "human" enough, the first human soul slipped into it. Garth Stein soul men ideas
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