Ways of thinking

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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:17 am

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:59 am

"One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train."
Morihei Ueshiba
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:48 am

"A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water."
Chinese proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:07 am

"You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do."
A. J. Kitt
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:48 am

"Yan han kung, ngor han yin” (Others walk the bow, I walk the string)
Wing Chun maxim
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:53 am

"Don't always think in a straight line."
The Way of the Spear
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:21 am

"Whenever you meet difficult situations dash forward bravely and joyfully."
Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:14 am

"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied."
Alexander the Great's Chief Physician
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:02 am

"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result."
Tien T'ai
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:21 am

“Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.”
Joseph P. Thompson
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:52 am

"Any instant is the same as thousands of infinite eons. And thousands of infinite eons are the same as a single instant."
Kegon-kyo ("The Sutra of Flowered Splendor")
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:12 am

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."
Daniel J. Boorstin
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:09 am

"A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard."
Bruce Lee
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:04 am

"Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth."
Chuck Norris
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:10 am

"The focused mind can pierce through stone."
Japanese maxim
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:21 pm

"It's a difficult thing to truly know your own limits and points of weakness."
Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:06 am

"If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:31 am

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
Confucius
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:49 am

"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:36 am

"Action is the foundational key to all success."
Tony Robbins
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