The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead – big possibilities. Like the song says, We’ve just begun.
Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!
Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.
Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.
Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.
To tolerate is to insult.
All knowledge is ultimately self-knowledge.
Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.
Concepts vs. self-actualization. – Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves.
Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole.
Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.
A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.
Be a practical dreamer backed by action.
Jeet Kune Do: it’s just a name; don’t fuss over it. There’s no such thing as a style if you understand the roots of combat.
A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.
Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth.
Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception.
Don’t ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.
For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is moving and living.