“It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all.”
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Wise Quotes — page 141 of 916
“Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.”
“Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.”
“Too low they build who build below the skies.”
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
“Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.”
“The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole nature.”
“In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.”
“The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.”
“Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.”
“Don't cry over spilt milk.”
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.”
“I'll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.”
“Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.”
“Don't promise twice what you can do at once.”
“By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.”
“The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.”
“The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.”
“We say to others only what we need to hear”