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"Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections."
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"Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality."
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"If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write."
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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"Skill to do comes of doing."
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"The key is in the craft."
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"The master initiate of any craft appears magical to the uninitiated."
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"Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game."
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"A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will."
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"Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy."
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"A good marksman may miss."
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"We must remember that the end of personal mastery is service to others."
Spiritual
"The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of."
Mindfulness
"Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli."
Society
"The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others' lives."
Life
"The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing."
Psychology
"This philosophy teaches us to leave safe harbor for the rough seas of real-world experience, and to accept that a rough copy out in the world serves us far greater than a masterpiece sitting quietly on our shelves."
Learning
"For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves."
Self-Growth
"I do not begin to think that I could possibly understand its inner-workings and the deepest truths of the cosmos with the 28 years that I have lived in Central New Jersey of the United States of America."
Knowledge
"I am acutely aware that all I have been able to achieve has been in large part due to circumstances outside my control. This is why I teach, and this is why I write. I want to be one of those opportunities for others. Perhaps this is the true measure of success."
Success
"Life is so unlikely, so rare and beautiful an opportunity it is to live, we must be on constant guard to ensure that our actions are worthy of the life it takes to perform them."
Life
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