If you do not let go of thinking about forms, you will not understand what I am showing.

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.

Human willingness to believe precedes their ability to think.

Reading to me has always been like having a conversation with people who wouldn’t ask me any personal questions. Instead, they open up their own hearts and tell their secrets to me.

Have faith in your abilities.

Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die.

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.

Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.