“Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday.”

To change with change is the changeless state.

In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

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

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

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.

I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.

It is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

It can be heartbreaking when you find out that your fairy tale image of the world doesn’t match the reality.

Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

Art is only a way of expressing pain.

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.