To be what I term a ‘quality’ human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.
Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.
Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.
Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.
Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.
To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.
Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly.
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.
Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.
I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.
Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.
When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously.
Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.