Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.