Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

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.

Anger doesn't demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.

To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

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.

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

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