“Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.”

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.

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.

Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.