I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole.

The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

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

The More we value things, the less we value ourselves