One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

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.

What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.