I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.

Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.