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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.

Do Not Like, Do Not Dislike; All Will Then Be Clear. Make A Hairbreadth Difference And Heaven And Earth Are Set Apart.

Humility Forms The Basis Of Honor, Just As The Low Ground Forms The Foundation Of A High Elevation.

It Is True That The Mental Aspect Of Kung-fu Is The Desired End; However, To Achieve This End, Technical Skill Must Come First.

I Hope Martial Artists Are More Interested In The Root Of Martial Arts And Not The Different Decorative Branches, Flowers Or Leaves. It Is Futile To Argue As To Which Leaf, Which Design Of Branches, Or Which Attractive Flower You Like; When You Understand The Root, You Understand All Its Blossoming.