"I'm a human being, not a thing."

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.…"

"A good fighter is not a tense fighter. He's an alert fighter. Relaxed, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Not thinking and not not thinking."

"A good teacher can never be a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that the student must discover for himself."

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."