Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.

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

An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.

We do not become. We simply are.