A Good Martial Artist Does Not Become Tense, But Ready. Not Quotes

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.
Not thinking, yet not dreaming.
Ready for whatever may come.
When the opponent expands, I contract;
and when he contracts, I expand.
And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit,
"it" hits all by itself.
- Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon (1973)

In order to rise from its own ashes,
a Phoenix first must burn.
- Octavia E. Butler

Float like a butterfly,
sting like a bee. - Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay)

Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself.
Heed fast to the truth as a lamp.
- Gautama Buddha

The highest possible stage in moral culture is
when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
- Charles Darwin

If you are out to describe the truth,
leave elegance to the tailor.
- Ludwig Boltzmann

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work...
I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen