To live is to express oneself freely

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.

Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

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

There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day.