Maybe we all really do attend church in our own way, whether we believe in gods or not.


“I have always been more concerned with who I was becoming rather than what I was achieving.”
― On Jiu Jitsu
― On Jiu Jitsu

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” - C.S. Lewis”
― On Jiu Jitsu
― On Jiu Jitsu

“That which inspires one to pursue his highest self, losing himself and human weakness along the way, through complete immersion in a medium; when one cannot be distracted by the world because he has created his own; a more vivid, real existence in the expression of himself through his chosen pursuit”
― On Jiu Jitsu
― On Jiu Jitsu

“Here is something else that's weird but true. In the day to day trenches of adult existence, there is no such thing as atheism. Everyone worships, the only question is what to worship.” -David Foster Wallace”
― On Jiu Jitsu
― On Jiu Jitsu
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