Quotes about Awareness

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.

A conditioned mind is never a free mind.

When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.

True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed through self-discipline, to be calm, fully aware, and completely in tune with oneself and the surroundings. Then, and only then, can a person know himself.

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease, when the mind is obsessed with it.

Too much concentration belittles life. Concentration is a narrowing down of the mind - but we are concerned with the total process of living, and to concentrate exclusively on any particular aspect of life, belittles life.

Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness.