“. . in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“Patience and Forgiveness are at the heart of A warrior's success, they help engender necessary intervals of space and time to evaluate difficult encounters.”

“A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart”

“Karate without heart is just A corpse”

“Never strike out of anger if at all possible, this will give your enemy the advantage and strengthen his resolve and psyche”

“Gabriel discourages emotional attachments the way most of us discourage door-to-door salesmen. They're inconvenient, intrusive, and liable to end up saddling you with something you never wanted in ...”

“I was drawn to his aloofness, the way cats gravitate toward people whod rather avoid them.”

“We can give happiness a chance: happiness is learnable. Life is a choice and happiness is a question of focusing, hearing and seeing the right things behind the appearances. It is a matter of findi...”

“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and fl...”

“Life is not a battle to win but a melody to sing.”

“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”

“Live boldly now. Later may not be an option.”

“This is my time, I don't own anyone but every one wants to get owned by me”

“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next future. When you stay dormant, your life is at risk; when you dare to take a step, y...”