You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.
Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion.
To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time , for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness care for watching, but don't stop and interpret "I am free," then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before.
Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow.
Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be.
The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
Either push your limits or die.
If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.
Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.
To tolerate is to insult.
I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life.
The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.
To change with change is the changeless state
One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!
Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.
Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.
Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing
Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.
I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.
Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down
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