Learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu so that when a giant walks by, you don't think to yourself 'oh no,' you think to yourself 'how interesting!

If you train worst case scenarios consistently, they will no longer be worst case scenarios

The goal is not to simulate reality right now by going crazy. The goal is to prepare for reality by going slowly

When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won't look at a bigger guy and say 'oh no', you'll look and say 'how interesting!'

He who manages the distance, manages the damage.

Who or what inspires you?""I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.

hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...

Wounds cannot be cured without searching.

Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical knowledge. It is the experience of existence. Existence is infinite. There are countless universes and creations taking place simultaneously.

I think when you really adore something and you've grown up with it you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.

Brooks too wide for our leaping, hedges far to high. Loads too heavy for our moving, burdens too cumbersome for us to bear. Distances far beyond our journeying. The horse gave us mastery.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

Everything in your life might be good, but there's still this notion that everything is not going to be okay, that there's more pain and suffering to come down the road.