To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.

To overcome fear one must have lived with fear.

To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.

Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.

If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.

Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.

Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.

As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.

To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.

Everyone seeks some form of appreciation. Strive to offer appreciation whenever possible and you will create a peaceful wake wherever you go.