Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?

If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.

Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean rigid, cold formality. Courtesy in the truest sense is selfless concern for the welfare and physical and mental comfort of the other person.

I have not permitted myself to be ignorant of any martial art that exists. Why? Such ignorance is a disgrace to someone who follows the path of the martial arts.

A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can.

Come ye trials and challanges; come life's big waves, for I am ready?