There's only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.

Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves.
This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.

What Is, is more important than What Should Be.

A man must constantly exceed his level.

Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.

Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

I cannot teach you, only help you to explore yourself, nothing more.

I create opportunities.

To see a thing uncolored by one's own personal preferences and desires is to see it in its own pristine simplicity.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.

This achieving the center, being grounded in one's self, is about the highest state a human being can achieve.

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

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

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.

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