If I tell you I’m good, probably you will say I’m boasting. But if I tell you I’m not good, you’ll know I’m lying.
Only the self-sufficient stand alone – most people follow the crowd and imitate.
People fear what they do not understand.
Before me now there is only one real fact – Death. The truth I have been seeking – this truth is Death. Yet Death is also a seeker. Forever seeking me. So – we have met at last. And I am prepared. I am at peace. Because I will conquer death with death.
Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.
When the finger points at the moon, don’t look at the finger or you’ll miss the moon.
With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.
Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.
It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don’t care how good I am or what I do to him- he’s gonna get my nose.
When you freely express, you are the total style.
Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths.
It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.
False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.
The success of an assailant’s attack depends on surprise, and if you’re sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful.
Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.
Don’t be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can’t turn it into a defense.
Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.
The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.
Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation.
It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.