He who knows not and knows not he knows not, He is a fool - Shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is simple- Teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows, He is asleep - Awaken him. He who knows and knows that he knows, He is wise- follow him.
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Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul
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Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art.
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As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand.
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Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend.
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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
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The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. There is no fixed teaching. All I can provide is an appropriate medicine for a particular ailment.
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If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
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The key to immortality is first to live a life worth remembering.
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Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.
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Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.
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A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
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To hell with circumstances. I create opportunities
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If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life
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If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.
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Art lives where absolute freedom is because when it is not, there can be no creativity.
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One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.
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Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
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To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
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To understand this fully, one must transcend from the duality of 'for' and 'against' into one organic unity which is without distinctions.
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As long as we separate this 'oneness' into two, we won't achieve realization.
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Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
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Do not run away; let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least expected.
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To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
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The height of cultivation runs to simplicity. Halfway cultivation runs to ornamentation.
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Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
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It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
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When the opponent expand, I contract, When he contracts, I expand, And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit--it hits all by itself.
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When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned.
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The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun.
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