Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.

One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises that seem to require a maximum of physical strength.