When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.

Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.

The past is an illusion. You must learn to live in the present and accept yourself for what you are now. What you lack in flexibility and agility you must make up with knowledge and constant practice.