The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash. Garth Stein More Quotes by Garth Stein More Quotes From Garth Stein The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague. Garth Stein stillslanguagehumans You should shine with all of your light all the time. Garth Stein shininglightshould That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves. Garth Stein intentiondestinyignorance Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end. Garth Stein smartfeetwinning Perhaps that is what life is all about—the search for such a connection. The search for magic. The search for the inexplicable. Not in order to explain it, or contain it. Simply in order to feel it. Because in that recognition of the sublime, we see for a moment the entire universe in the palm of our hand. And in that moment, we touch the face of God. Garth Stein lifeorderhands People are always worried about what's happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have. Garth Stein nextworrypeople I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid package that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What's wrong with that idea? Garth Stein spiritualpeopleideas I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about the mind! It is about owning one's body... It is about believing that you are not you; you are everything. And everything is you. Garth Stein racingrainbelieve The car goes where the eyes go. Garth Stein careye That which we manifest is before us. Garth Stein manifest To be a champion, you must have no ego at all. You must not exist as a separate entity. You must give yourself over to the race. You are nothing if not for your team, your car, your shoes, your tires. Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism. Garth Stein teamracemistake Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion. Garth Stein mirrorsrealbelieve If you taught me to read and provided for me the same computer system as someone has provided for Stephen Hawking, I, too, would write great books. And yet you don't teach me to read, and you don't give me a computer stick I can push around with my nose to point at the next letter I wish typed. So whose fault is it that I am what I am? Garth Stein writinggivingbook People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different. Garth Stein racedogpeople In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads. Garth Stein summerwintertree In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller. Garth Stein found-objectsdocumentariesstories That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Garth Stein mooddoe I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of the rain; a racer should embrace the rain. I, alone, could manifest a change around me. By changing my mood, my energy, I allowed Eve to regard me differently. And while I cannot say that I am a master of my own destiny, I can say that I have experienced a glimpse of mastery, and I know what I have to work toward. Garth Stein destinyenergyrain Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, prioritize our desires, and accept less than the moon. Garth Stein moongoaldesire This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there. Garth Stein racingracefirsts
