“The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.”

Knowing is not enough, You must apply.

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

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

To live is to express oneself freely.

Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot.

People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.

Don’t ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.

To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

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

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Turn your sparring into play – but always play seriously.

When one is not expressing himself, he is not free.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that’s all.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

There is so much to be learned from listening to people’s hopes, frustrations, and points of view.

Don’t even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

I’ve given myself away, the whole of me, every part.

Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.