We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

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.

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.

We do not become. We simply are.

I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of beings on earth that are structurally different from us, there can be no different style of fighting. Why is that? Because we have two hands and two legs. ... because of styles, people are separated. They are not united together because styles become law.

One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.