From now on you must strive to cut out unnecessary movement. Waste in movement is wrong and will get you killed.

When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

Forget your sadness, anger, grudges and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in a breeze. Do not indulge yourself in such feelings.

Always be able to kill your students

The first priority to the ninja is to win without fighting.

Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start.

Any place we can breathe, we can do Ninjutsu.

No more talk. I'm sick of people talking. Train.

You've got to learn to utilize the space (between you and your opponent). Distancing is very important.

You are not punching them; it is your going into kamae that punches them.

Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.

If you are not afraid of rising, you will see that wings start growing in your body!

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

Nirvana isn't a physical place. It is not like going to heaven. It just means no more individualized awareness, no aggregate body of experience.

Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

People are always vulnerable when they're happy.

Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.