Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.

The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh and uncontaminated by previous conditioning.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.

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