What are you aiming at, son?

“You must have an aim, a serious aim,” said Gurdjieff. And of course that is true. Without an aim, we are loose cannons. We live eccentrically, inadvertently.

Doing it

The man doing what he doesn’t want to do needs help in order to do it. The man who wants to do what he’s doing needs no help. See! He’s already doing it.

Friends called him “Larry”

I am not a husband, father or counsellor. These are roles I play, now and then. Off stage, sans make-up and fancy monarchical duds, Laurence Olivier did not introduce himself as King Lear.

Getting it done

Effectiveness is determined by this—the ability to come to a complete stop.

What you want

If you know what you want to do, and if you really know it, then nobody on earth will be able to prevent you from doing it.