I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.

To change with change is the changeless state

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Willing is not enough, one must apply.

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we cling blindly to them, we shall eventually become bound by their limitations. Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. If somebody attacks you, your response is not Technique No.1, Stance No. 2, Section 4, Paragraph 5. Instead you simply move in like sound and echo, without any deliberation. It is as though when I call you, you answer me, or when I throw you something, you catch it. It's as simple as that - no fuss, no mess.