In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent.

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.

When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism.

Stop being self-conscious when you write.You are the expert about the world you are creating, no one else. So be bold and write on.

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

Like the rabid fans of sports, the same goes for fans and their actors, TV shows and movies. You love what you love, and it bonds you with others who love the same thing.

Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul.

She didn't know a lot about politics – yet – but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.

Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.

Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.

I feel like I'm a kid again.