Knowledge Will Give You Power,

There Is A Powerful Craving In Most Of Us To See Ourselves As Instruments In The Hands Of Others And Thus Free Ourselves From The Responsibility For Acts Which Are Prompted By Our Own Questionable Inclinations And Impulses. Both The Strong And The Weak Grasp At This Alibi. The Latter Hide Their Malevolence Under The Virtue Of Obedience: They Acted Dishonorably Because They Had To Obey Orders. The Strong, Too, Claim Absolution By Proclaiming Themselves The Chosen Instrument Of A Higher Power -- God, History, Fate, Nation, Or Humanity.

Notice That The Stiffest Tree Is Most Easily Cracked, While The Bamboo Or Willow Survives By Bending With The Wind.

Loneliness Is Only An Opportunity To Cut Adrift And Find Yourself. In Solitude You Are Least Alone.

Empty Your Mind, Be Formless. Shapeless, Like Water. If You Put Water Into A Cup, It Becomes The Cup. You Put Water Into A Bottle And It Becomes The Bottle. You Put It In A Teapot It Becomes The Teapot. Now, Water Can Flow Or It Can Crash. Be Water, My Friend.

Unfortunately, Now In Boxing People Are Only Allowed To Punch. In Judo, People Are Only Allowed To Throw. I Do Not Despise These Kinds Of Martial Arts. What I Mean Is, We Now Find Rigid Forms Which Create Differences Among Clans, And The World Of Martial Art Is Shattered As A Result.