I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.

If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

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

Running water never grows stale.

What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.