Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.

Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.