“He preferred instead to teach his students **an important mental skill: detachment**. “What stands in your way,” Kenzo once told his student [[Eugen Herrigel]], “is that you have too much willful will.” **It was this willful will—the desire to be in control and to dictate the schedule and the process of everything we’re a part of—that held Herrigel back from learning**, from really mastering the art he pursued.” ([Location 878](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=878)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[self-control]],, [[training]], [[discipline]], [[control]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]