Only by constantly exposing myself to someone better than I have I been able to improve.

Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises that seem to require a maximum of physical strength.

When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

Anger doesn't demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

I don't spend money on books. I write them myself.

Ocean waves gently rock the boat, As if to the tune of a lullaby.She sits still as the boat silently floatsUnder the infinite blue sky.

Sir Mark Turner, " he said. "I speak with the tongues of a thousand angels. Butterflies follow me wherever I go. Birds sing when I take a breath.

Of course, of course. Drugs, music, a new age dawning … and you came for an old book.

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.

In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.

It's a very bizarre thing to have people very concerned with your life, but I don't mind it because all that says to me is that they care about the show, and I can't ask for anything more than that.

I bring truth to tha youth tear tha roof off tha ol' school.