The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.

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.

'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'.

The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.