The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.

It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first.

Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.