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

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.

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.

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

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.

On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.

But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

Great differences in technology exist in the world about which even hardcore technologists are unaware.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.