Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

As you think, so shall you become.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting.

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion

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.