Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Real living is living for others.
The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.
To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
The possession of anything begins in the mind.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.
Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
Let an opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let an opponent smash into your flesh and you fracture his bone; let an opponent fracture your bone and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely; lay your life before him!
Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up.
