Life Quotes, page 123

“If you always put limits 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.”

“If you love life, don't waste time; time is what life is made of.”

“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.”

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

“You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.”

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

“The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.”

“Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.”

“People fear what they do not understand.”

“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”

“It is better to live as a broken piece of jade than to live as a useless clay.”

“To realize freedom, the mind must learn to look at life - a vast movement - without the bondage of time. Freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness. Watch, but don’t stop and say 'I am free,' because then you’re living in a memory of what has already passed.”

“Flow in the living moment — we are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.”

“Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.”

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

“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”

“If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life.”

“Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.”

“Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself. Maturing isn't becoming captive to concepts; it's realizing what lies in your innermost self.”

“Art requires imagination. It requires creativity. Creativity requires experience, and experience comes from your life. Your life is expressed in your art.”

“Learn it all, then forget it all.”

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

“Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.”

“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; when he contracts, I expand. When there is an opportunity, I do not hit — it hits by itself.”

“Running water never grows stale.”

“I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or be judged.”

“Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.”

“There will be calmness and tranquility when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.”

“You will never learn anything new unless you are ready to accept yourself with your limitations. You must accept the fact that you are capable in some directions and limited in others, and you must develop your capabilities.”

“Since life is an ever-evolving process, flow with it and discover how to actualize and expand yourself.”