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.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

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.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

As you think, so shall you become.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

Real living is living for others.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

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.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.

We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.

Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.

There can be no initiative if one has fear, and fear compels us to cling to tradition, gurus, etc.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.

Yesterday’s dreams are often tomorrow’s realities.

Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.

It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.

When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

Always be yourself, express yourself have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Evaluation by others is not a guide for me.

Balance your thoughts with action. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing youll never get it done.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.