So there are two parts of practice. One is endless disappointment. Everything in our lives that disappoints us is a kind of friend. And we're all being disappointed in some way or other. If we're not disappointed, we never wear out our desire to think and reestablish ourself at the top of the heap with victory. Nobody wins in the end; nobody's going to survive. But that's still our drive, our system. It can only be worn out by years of practice and by life; that's why our practice and our life have to be the same thing.

Charlotte Joko Beck