Demian Maia famous quotes

You have to try your best to have peace of mind, and whatever happens you know you did your best
-- Demian Maia

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Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.
-- Demian Maia

#Fighting #Winning #Games

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.

Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.

The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.

Above all am I convinced of the need, irrevocable and inescapable, of every human heart, for God. No matter how we try to escape, to lose ourselves in restless seeking, we cannot separate ourselves from our divine source. There is no substitute for God.

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

All I want is to have my peace of mind

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.