There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day.

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.

Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times.