Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life.
A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher must never impose this student to fit his favourite pattern; a good teacher functions as a pointer, exposing his student's vulnerability and causing him to explore both internally and finally integrating himself with his being. Martial art should not be passed out indiscriminately.
Be a practical dreamer backed by action.
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.
Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe.
Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.
Observe what is with undivided awareness.
If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.
A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.
To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.
Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.
Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.
The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time.
Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.
We do not become. We simply are.
Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.
We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent.
The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.
Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.
For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.
A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.
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