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Chris Matakas quotes: The greatest effects we have on the world are the ones we can never see. The greatest effects we have on the world are the ones we can never see.
Chris Matakas quotes: Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity. Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity.
Chris Matakas quotes: The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind. The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind.
Chris Matakas quotes: I firmly believe that life will continually try to teach you the same lesson, with increasing pain, until you heed the call. I firmly believe that life will continually try to teach you the same lesson, with increasing pain, until you heed the call.
Chris Matakas quotes: If something's existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings? If something's existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?
Chris Matakas quotes: I have found that the morning is far more accessible when a good book awaits you. I have found that the morning is far more accessible when a good book awaits you.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are very much at the mercy of circumstance, but it is how you choose to respond to circumstance that determines the quality of your life. We are very much at the mercy of circumstance, but it is how you choose to respond to circumstance that determines the quality of your life.
Chris Matakas quotes: We can lose the roll, we can lose position, but we can constantly strive to win the moment. We can lose the roll, we can lose position, but we can constantly strive to win the moment.
Chris Matakas quotes: Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime. Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime.
Chris Matakas quotes: As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others. As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others.
Chris Matakas quotes: Your happiness is in direct proportion to the amount you serve others. Your happiness is in direct proportion to the amount you serve others.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are. We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.
Chris Matakas quotes: Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli. Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli.
Chris Matakas quotes: The most meaningful endeavors are the ones that come without an end. The most meaningful endeavors are the ones that come without an end.
Chris Matakas quotes: When we let go of the story, we are no longer bound to it. When we let go of the story, we are no longer bound to it.
Chris Matakas quotes: All successful people live how great guard passers pass. All successful people live how great guard passers pass.
Chris Matakas quotes: A core group of guys, all sharing similar goals, can move mountains. A core group of guys, all sharing similar goals, can move mountains.
Chris Matakas quotes: It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves. It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves.
Chris Matakas quotes: The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day. The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.
Chris Matakas quotes: An intelligent consistency is the foundation of genius. An intelligent consistency is the foundation of genius.
Chris Matakas quotes: In Jiu Jitsu an inch is a mile, and a second is an eternity. Use each wisely. In Jiu Jitsu an inch is a mile, and a second is an eternity. Use each wisely.
Chris Matakas quotes: Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place. Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place.
Chris Matakas quotes: Life is always easier when lived for others, and living for others is the best way I know to live for yourself. Life is always easier when lived for others, and living for others is the best way I know to live for yourself.
Chris Matakas quotes: Mastery, to whatever degree your circumstance allows, is determined by a handful of choices repeated daily. Mastery, to whatever degree your circumstance allows, is determined by a handful of choices repeated daily.
Chris Matakas quotes: But, objectively, beyond the level of thought, the drunk on the street corner is equally a child of God. But, objectively, beyond the level of thought, the drunk on the street corner is equally a child of God.
Chris Matakas quotes: Those who serve others have purpose. Those who serve themselves are lost. Those who serve others have purpose. Those who serve themselves are lost.
Chris Matakas quotes: You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed. You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jesus was not a carpenter forever. Jesus was not a carpenter forever.
Chris Matakas quotes: Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human. Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are free to live the life we have imagined, not the life imagined for us. We are free to live the life we have imagined, not the life imagined for us.
Chris Matakas quotes: We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life. We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life.
Chris Matakas quotes: All of the great writers and sages we are so quick to quote have simply given their interpretation of what it means to be human. All of the great writers and sages we are so quick to quote have simply given their interpretation of what it means to be human.
Chris Matakas quotes: It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it. It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jiu Jitsu has given me an education in education, which I now see is the most valuable education there is. Jiu Jitsu has given me an education in education, which I now see is the most valuable education there is.
Chris Matakas quotes: Anyone who has ever achieved anything has been a steward of his potential. Anyone who has ever achieved anything has been a steward of his potential.
Chris Matakas quotes: I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations. I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations.
Chris Matakas quotes: A saw by itself holds no value, but when coupled with your labor can clear forests. A saw by itself holds no value, but when coupled with your labor can clear forests.
Chris Matakas quotes: The most fulfilled among us are those who serve others. The most fulfilled among us are those who serve others.
Chris Matakas quotes: We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that. We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are the estranged orphans of our nations and tribes, and we now bear the weight not of survival of the group but of personal identity. We are the estranged orphans of our nations and tribes, and we now bear the weight not of survival of the group but of personal identity.
Chris Matakas quotes: Let's live our lives with great meaning and purpose in the attempt to influence the world to whatever degree our circumstance allows. Let's live our lives with great meaning and purpose in the attempt to influence the world to whatever degree our circumstance allows.
Chris Matakas quotes: Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena. Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.
Chris Matakas quotes: I had no desire of being professionally successful. No desire for material wealth. All I wanted out of life was Jiu Jitsu. I had no desire of being professionally successful. No desire for material wealth. All I wanted out of life was Jiu Jitsu.
Chris Matakas quotes: Every interaction with another is an opportunity to serve. Every interaction with another is an opportunity to serve.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings. Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings.
Chris Matakas quotes: That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self. That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.
Chris Matakas quotes: All of Jiu Jitsu is finding a way to get your partner to willingly go where you want him to go in the first place. All of Jiu Jitsu is finding a way to get your partner to willingly go where you want him to go in the first place.
Chris Matakas quotes: To achieve anything we must grind, but to enjoy anything we must flow. To achieve anything we must grind, but to enjoy anything we must flow.
Chris Matakas quotes: There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it. There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it.
Chris Matakas quotes: The only permanent aspect of creation is constant impermanence. The only permanent aspect of creation is constant impermanence.
Chris Matakas quotes: The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of. The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.
Chris Matakas quotes: There is nothing like another's perspective to remind you that your way is not the right way; it is simply your way. There is nothing like another's perspective to remind you that your way is not the right way; it is simply your way.
Chris Matakas quotes: You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress. You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress.
Chris Matakas quotes: Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth. Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.
Chris Matakas quotes: No one's life will be harder because I exist. No one's life will be harder because I exist.
Chris Matakas quotes: If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves. If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves.
Chris Matakas quotes: The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others' lives. The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others' lives.
Chris Matakas quotes: What greater fetter to anchoring ourselves to the false notion of self could there be than a selfie? It is named after an illusion! What greater fetter to anchoring ourselves to the false notion of self could there be than a selfie? It is named after an illusion!
Chris Matakas quotes: Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society. Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society.
Chris Matakas quotes: This is a trust that you just cannot find in modern society for there are no conditions to forge it. This is a trust that you just cannot find in modern society for there are no conditions to forge it.
Chris Matakas quotes: Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible. Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible.
Chris Matakas quotes: The highest aim was never to master Jiu Jitsu; it was to master myself. The highest aim was never to master Jiu Jitsu; it was to master myself.
Chris Matakas quotes: Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going. Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going.
Chris Matakas quotes: There is no higher calling than the service of your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. There is no higher calling than the service of your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few.
Chris Matakas quotes: My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist. My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.
Chris Matakas quotes: Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise. Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise.
Chris Matakas quotes: I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves. I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create. Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create.
Chris Matakas quotes: We have this sort of false self we portray over the internet. It's a facade of highlights we believe our peers will deem noteworthy. We have this sort of false self we portray over the internet. It's a facade of highlights we believe our peers will deem noteworthy.
Chris Matakas quotes: Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be. Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.
Chris Matakas quotes: Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are. Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are.
Chris Matakas quotes: We forget that things can only be things when there is something which is not a thing, the space. We forget that things can only be things when there is something which is not a thing, the space.
Chris Matakas quotes: It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides. It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides.
Chris Matakas quotes: When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth. When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.
Chris Matakas quotes: We will never be capable of true relationships with others if we continue to view them as others. We will never be capable of true relationships with others if we continue to view them as others.
Chris Matakas quotes: I train because it makes every area of my life better, and it makes me better at every area of my life. I train because it makes every area of my life better, and it makes me better at every area of my life.
Chris Matakas quotes: I have never been as alive or awake as I have been through Jiu Jitsu. I have never been as alive or awake as I have been through Jiu Jitsu.
Chris Matakas quotes: Life is easier lived when lived for others. Life is easier lived when lived for others.
Chris Matakas quotes: Systems and processes will always surpass motivation. Systems and processes will always surpass motivation.
Chris Matakas quotes: There are no trophies for the real victories in life. There are no trophies for the real victories in life.
Chris Matakas quotes: We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind. We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind.
Chris Matakas quotes: Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself. Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself.
Chris Matakas quotes: I believe the devil exists in those little, seemingly unnoticeable moments when we choose to value our own insecurities over the service of others. I believe the devil exists in those little, seemingly unnoticeable moments when we choose to value our own insecurities over the service of others.
Chris Matakas quotes: Mastery does not exist. Mastery does not exist.
Chris Matakas quotes: Service, it seems, is the only antidote to existential frustration. Service, it seems, is the only antidote to existential frustration.
Chris Matakas quotes: Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is. Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.
Chris Matakas quotes: The best indicator of a man's philosophy is not what he reads or says, but the way in which he lives his life, the way in which he acts. The best indicator of a man's philosophy is not what he reads or says, but the way in which he lives his life, the way in which he acts.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jiu Jitsu is basic training for life. We are training not to learn how to fight, but how to live. Jiu Jitsu is basic training for life. We are training not to learn how to fight, but how to live.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are all philosophers. The only question is to what extent is our philosophy sound! We are all philosophers. The only question is to what extent is our philosophy sound!
Chris Matakas quotes: Life is a constant build up and release of tension. If we go too far in either direction bad things happen. Life is a constant build up and release of tension. If we go too far in either direction bad things happen.
Chris Matakas quotes: The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing. The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.
Chris Matakas quotes: I have found the more worthwhile something is, the more of your life is required to achieve it. I have found the more worthwhile something is, the more of your life is required to achieve it.
Chris Matakas quotes: You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be. You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.
Chris Matakas quotes: Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue. Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.
Chris Matakas quotes: Where my tendons have been torn, my psyche has been mended. This was a worthy trade. Where my tendons have been torn, my psyche has been mended. This was a worthy trade.
Chris Matakas quotes: The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves. The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.
Chris Matakas quotes: Jiu Jitsu can be a source of total transparency such as a mirror, but it takes a conscious choice to see what it has to say. Jiu Jitsu can be a source of total transparency such as a mirror, but it takes a conscious choice to see what it has to say.
Chris Matakas quotes: We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll. We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll.
Chris Matakas quotes: Every moment is an opportunity to exercise effort in pursuit of your dreams. Whether you do or do not rests solely on your shoulders. Every moment is an opportunity to exercise effort in pursuit of your dreams. Whether you do or do not rests solely on your shoulders.
Chris Matakas quotes: The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins. The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins.

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