Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.
Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.
I create opportunities.
Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.
Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.
When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.
The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. It is the halfway cultivation that leads to ornamentation.
Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization . That way, it's a process of continuing growth.
In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.
There are too many stars and too few actors.
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.
Belts are only good for holding up your pants
I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.
Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.
A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.
Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.
It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do
I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.
To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.
Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.
Learn it all, then forget it all.
Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying!
A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status.
Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.
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