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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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