“Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot.”

Each moment that passes changes you. You can’t even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

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

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Learning is a constant process of discovery – a process without end.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

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

No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Your state of mind is everything.

Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.

Part of living your life is an awareness of the opportunities that can be missed and an awareness that time moves in one direction.

You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.

I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.

Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign.

The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.

Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.

If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.