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Learn The Principle, Abide By The Principle, And Dissolve The Principle. In Short, Enter A Mold Without Being Caged In It. Obey The Principle Without Being Bound By It. Learn, Master, And Achieve.

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Learn The Principle, Abide

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Learn The Principle, Abide By The Principle, And Dissolve The Principle. In Short, Enter A Mold Without Being Caged In It. Obey The Principle Without Being Bound By It. Learn, Master, And Achieve.

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To Spend Time Is To Pass It In A Specified Manner. To Waste Time Is To Expend It Thoughtlessly Or Carelessly. We All Have Time To Either Spend Or Waste And It Is Our Decision What To Do With It. But Once Passed, It Is Gone Forever.

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Conceptualization

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It Is Not What Happens That Is Success Or Failure, But What It Does To The Heart Of Man.

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When We Hold To The Core, The Opposite Sides Are The Same If They Are Seen From The Center Of The Moving Circle. I Do Not Experience; I Am Experience. I Am Not The Subject Of Experience; I Am That Experience. I Am Awareness. Nothing Else Can Be I Or Can Exist.

The Biggest Adversary In Our Life Is Ourselves. We Are What We Are, In A Sense, Because Of The Dominating Thoughts We Allow To Gather In Our Head. All Concepts Of Self-improvement, All Actions And Paths We Take, Relate Solely To Our Abstract Image Of Ourselves. Life Is Limited Only By How We Really See Ourselves And Feel About Our Being. A Great Deal Of Pure Self-knowledge And Inner Understanding Allows Us To Lay An All-important Foundation For The Structure Of Our Life From Which We Can Perceive And Take The Right Avenues.

Understanding Requires Not Just A Moment Of Perception, But A Continuous Awareness, A Continuous State Of Inquiry Without Conclusion

All Types Of Knowledge, Ultimately Mean Self Knowledge.

When One Has Reached Maturity In This Art, One Will Have The Formless Form. It Is Like The Dissolving Or Thawing [of] Ice Into Water That Can Shape Itself To Any Structure. When One Has No Form, One Can Be All Forms; When One Has No Style, One Can Fit In With Any Style.

Self-conquest Is The Greatest Of Victories. Mighty Is He Who Conquers Himself.

Through My Own Observations. I Am Convinced That An Absolutely Honest And Direct Inquiry Into Oneself Will Lead To Understanding.

I Fear Not The Man Who Has Practiced 10,000 Kicks Once, But I Fear The Man Who Has Practiced One Kick 10,000 Times.

The Unfolding Of The Bare Human Soul...that Is What Interests Me.

What Comes After Victory? Why Do People Value Victory So Much? What Is 'glory'? What Kind Of Victory Is 'glorious'?

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Let Yourself Go With Dis-ease, Be With It, And Keep It Company. This Is The Way To Be Rid Of It.

Real Living Is Living For Others.

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Fluidity Is The Way To An Empty Mind. You Must Free Your Ambitious Mind And Learn The Art Of Dying.

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In Life, What More Can You Ask For Than To Be Real?

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I Believe In Teaching Just A Few Students, As Teaching Requires A Constant Alert Observation On Each Individual In Order To Establish A Direct Relationship. A Good Teacher Cannot Be Fixed In A Routine, And Many Are Just That. During Teaching, Each Moment Requires A Sensitive Mind That Is Constantly Changing And Constantly Adapting.

Be Self Aware, Rather Than A Repetitious Robot

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