Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Real living is living for others.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

As you think, so shall you become.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.