“For example, if you are fearful your mind will freeze, motion will be stopped and you will be defeated. If your mind is fixed on victory or defeating your opponent, you will be unable to function automatically.”
― Zen in the Martial Arts
― Zen in the Martial Arts
“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”
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“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.”
― Zen in the Martial Arts
― Zen in the Martial Arts
“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.”
― The Road
― The Road
“I can defeat you physically with or without a reason. But I can only defeat your mind with a reason. —JIM LAU”
― Zen in the Martial Arts
― Zen in the Martial Arts
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