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

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

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.

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

A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.

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