Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day.

Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.