Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.

True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.

A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others.

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.

Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds. Unify body, mind, and speech, and real techniques will emerge.

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.

Can I quote myself...? Oh wait, I think I just did.

Have you got stuck in a period of time where you loved or you were loved once? Come back to the present time, because present time is the only time you can do something real about your fate!

I got turned down for a million jobs until I got my first movie with Francis [Ford Coppola].

I'm very happy and very excited when my adrenalin is going.

Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.

Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

I want it all and I want it now.

There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.