There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value.

If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.

Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity.

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.

Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.