Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

moment. Then back out into the city, back to the old routines and
pulled by endless desires and bad habits, as if that experience never
happened.
A flash of stillness is not what we’re after. We want consistent
focus and wisdom that can be called upon in even the most trying
situations. Getting there will require more work. It’s going to require
some holistic self-examination, treating the disease and not just the
symptoms.
The premise of this book is that our three domains—the mind, the
heart, and the body—must be in harmony. The truth is that for most
people not only are these domains out of sync, but they are at war
with each other. We will never have peace until that civil war Dr.
King described is settled.
History teaches us that peace is what provides the opportunity to
build. It is the postwar boom that turns nations into superpowers,
and ordinary people into powerhouses.
And so we must go onward to fight the next battle, to pacify the
domain of the spirit and purify our hearts, our emotions, our drives,
our passions.