All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.

I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect.

Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

If you want to learn to swim you have to throw yourself in the water.

If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love.

People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.

The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams.