“Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].”— A.J. Darkholme Related Quotes “It’s a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn’t felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. It makes things vivid. When you’re afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world. You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood- you give it together, you take it together.”— Tim O’Brien “If you throw stones on my way to stumble and I fall, you try to put extra care when passing my way, lest you stumble and fall.”— Válgame “Sure, I’ve had times it was hard to meditate….But even then I still end up being more calmly agitated.”— Nanette Mathews