Self-importance is self pity masquerading as something else. Self pity is the real enemy and the source of man’s misery.
The only way to think clearly is not to think at all.
Erasing personal history frees us from the encumbering thoughts of others.
Lose self importance.
When you feel impatient turn to your left and ask advice from Death.
One of the arts or a warrior is to collapse the world for a specific reason then to restore it to keep on living.
Rotating hand exercise for pushing things, emotions out of the body – can feel lines of the world with it. Line comes out of hand.
From time to time all of us have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops up from time to time. A warrior’s life is so tight he has the speed to pluck it.
The art of a warrior is to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.
The body is a boundary. We can get out. We are a feeling incased here.
We are surrounded by eternity & can see that eternity if we desire.
What matters to a warrior is arriving at the totality of oneself.
A warrior lives in full control and awareness, but without hurry or compulsion.
If a warrior accepts the frightening nature of knowledge he cancels out its awesome-ness.
Any thought one holds in a state of silence is properly a command, since there are no other thoughts to compete with it.
To gather energy — Jog on the spot, hands turned skyward, fingers spread, move hands toward horizon – when halfway there clasp hands forcefully together.
Act without believing, without expecting rewards.
Two techniques that help stop the internal dialogue – erasing personal history and dreaming.
Not wanting anything is a warrior’s finest achievement.
Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion, can one release one’s sadness. The earth gives shelter to our beings.
A warrior can not avoid pain and grief, but she or he can avoid indulging in them.
When we are quiet, we realize we are not thinking, but something else tells us things.
A warrior must notice everything. That’s his trick, and there lies his advantage.
You can stalk your own weaknesses. Don’t do any small part of a habit and it can be broken instantly.