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

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.

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.

When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don’t care.

Humility means one does not impose his conceptions upon others and he is fully dependent on the mercy of the Lord.

Unless this is firmly realized we cannot understand what saintly association means, we cannot understand what the shelter of a spiritual master means, we cannot understand that we are dependent and he is our maintainer.

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.

I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

For only when you have become utterly dependent upon prayer and faith, only when all human possibilities have been exhausted, can you begin to reckon that God will intervene and work His miracles.

Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.