Martial Arts Quotes:
"Be very circumspect of teachers who don't occasionally say "I don't know."
"Rank matters not. Can he or she laugh off a broken bone or put others in the spotlight instead of himself or herself? Now, that is true rank!"
"Most of the martial arts I see is simply smoke and mirrors. Even in my own arts, there are people who wouldn't last a minute in a real confrontation. Yet, they get "advanced" ranking. Their delusion is unknowingly fueled by ego, power and teachers who are afraid to say "You are not ready yet."
Philosophical Quotes:
"There are very few that actually move their feet after they move their mouth."
"Bad days are nevertheless days. If there is one thing I know, it is how astounding the odds are that we are even alive for a single breath in cosmic time. Don't ever wish for time to speed up or days to be over soon, it insults the dead."
"I actually had a man tell me with a straight face that the earth was less than six thousand years old. He [...]
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"Be very circumspect of teachers who don't occasionally say "I don't know."
"Rank matters not. Can he or she laugh off a broken bone or put others in the spotlight instead of himself or herself? Now, that is true rank!"
"Most of the martial arts I see is simply smoke and mirrors. Even in my own arts, there are people who wouldn't last a minute in a real confrontation. Yet, they get "advanced" ranking. Their delusion is unknowingly fueled by ego, power and teachers who are afraid to say "You are not ready yet."
Philosophical Quotes:
"There are very few that actually move their feet after they move their mouth."
"Bad days are nevertheless days. If there is one thing I know, it is how astounding the odds are that we are even alive for a single breath in cosmic time. Don't ever wish for time to speed up or days to be over soon, it insults the dead."
"I actually had a man tell me with a straight face that the earth was less than six thousand years old. He [...]