I have found that the morning is far more accessible when a good book awaits you.

Jiu Jitsu has given me an education in education, which I now see is the most valuable education there is.

Things can be added, but that doesn't mean that anything is missing.

Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going.

Just know that the achievement of anything grand takes consistent effort year after year. Motivation can uphold you intermittently, but it has too few calories to sustain a life.

Systems and processes will always surpass motivation.

We see that happiness is not comfort. Happiness is the freedom to choose one's own way.

Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections.

When you realize you are no longer made of glass, you lose the desire to demonstrate that fragility in others.

We are force-fed beliefs through incessant advertisements by a culture that ceaselessly fosters our conformity to values which are of no service to the individual.

No one's life will be harder because I exist.

Dont tout «avoir» effectif doit tirer son prestige immédiat et sa fonction dernière.

Don’t accept any negative criticism and negative thoughts.

Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.

Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

Elegimos aquellos que nos gusta, con los que amamos, no tenemos voz en el asunto.

My center is the soul of a gypsy.

There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition