Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity.

If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.

The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.