You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.

Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding.

To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead

Determine that today you will overcome your self of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will win over those of greater skill.

It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain

No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt

Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life.

The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant.

You always thought older people were wiser. It's not that. It's just that our relatives are dead and we're able to speak freely.

Is the person I was before dead? Or will the worst things that happened to me eventually get diluted by the rest of my life, become just a part of the story that I've always been writing?

Why not add benefits for making healthy food choices, provide a transition bonus for getting off food stamps, or increase job training opportunities and income - raising minimum wage?

I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.

Country comes before politics.

A good environment certainly makes it easier to grow. But whether you’re in a good environment or not, you can learn and improve where you are.

It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.

I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny.

I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.