You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

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

Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

To live is to express oneself freely

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.