A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.