CAMELOT FANTASIES

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no spring.




------St. John Chrysostom

“The secret of the tremendous appeal [Nadal] has worldwide is that you can see he is as passionate as [John] McEnroe was, but he has the self-control of [Bjorn] Borg, the cold-blooded killer. To be both in one is a contradiction, and that’s what Rafa is.”

Carlos Moya

Being too kind is not a weakness, because it exposes those who are deceitful. He is smart to not go against his own nature and retaliate, because he has used those things which are in his control (himself, his feelings, and his temper) by using his racket to show them who he is, as opposed to who they tried to tell the masses he was.

From day one, they painted Nadal as a villian, a cheater (on trumped up charges), 1. his coach talks to him, like 99% of the other coaches on tour. 2. He takes too much time, a "rule" that has never ever been enacted, just look at any old match and you'll see that not once was a player called for ever going over twenty seconds. His OCDness, his bottles, his bum picking, etc. Yet, no one noticed Agassi blowing snot rockets all over the place? Give me a break.

In spite of their veiled attacks, Nadal is one of the most beloved athletes on the planet. His "clay-court only" claim denied by five off clay majors, more than Hewitt, Rafter, Safin, and other non clay courters too numerous to mention.

And now, in the reign of Roger, their golden child, he has shown us what true greatness is.

No. He did it right, and the finale has not yet been written. It just goes to show you how people who think they know so much, in reality know very little, because no one has all the answers to the mysteries of life, and if they think they do, they are only putting their own ignorance on display for the world to see.

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

 
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates


I love the second one. People think they're so wise, when in reality they're not very wise at all, because if they were, they wouldn't think they were so wise in the first place.

The fool always reveals themselves, through words and deeds, but they don't realize it, because in their own mind they are wise.

The Truth

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.




------William Jennings Bryan

Some of the most profound quotes in my opinion:

Know thyself. - Socrates

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Gandhi

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. - Shakespeare

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Einstein

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. -Krishnamurti

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. -Plato

What we think, we become. -Buddha

outstanding stuff.

keep it coming.