When you react, you don't give your mind the time to get filled with emotions. You are devoid of anger, fear, and frustration; you are simply moving.

If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if you get tired, you die!

Jiu Jitsu at the end of the day, is the art of expressing yourself honestly. Everytime you put on a Gi, you can't lie.

Just as the child must trust his mother, the white belt must believe in the good will of his instructor. There will be a time for questioning, but for now he must focus and train.

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts

The Present day optimists invent a lieand the pessimists hide the truth

Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die")

The future of wildlife and the habitat that they depend on is being destroyed. It is time to make nature and all the beauty living within it our priority.

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.

I trust my arm as much as I trust my legs.

Hollywood is the only place on earth that has more vampires, more undead, more resurrections than a month of Easter Sundays.

The story is not in the plot but in the telling.

Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.'