The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.
There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.
Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.
Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.
Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply!
True refinement seeks simplicity.
A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.
Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.
Take what's useful, discard what is not.
Optimism is a faith that leads to success.
I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.
Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.
Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere.
Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.
False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.
The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.
There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.
How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way, a definite path, but not to that which is living. Do not reduce reality to a static thing and then invent methods to reach it. ...Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. It has no resting place, no form, no organized institution, no philosophy. When you see that, you will understand that this living thing is also what you are. You cannot express and be alive through static, put-together form, through stylized movement.
If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.
It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.
If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.
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