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.

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.

People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.

A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being hit is inevitable, strike back twice as hard.

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

Either push your limits or die.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.