Ways of thinking

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Postby yat_chum » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:27 am

"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
Malayan Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:52 am

"Sometimes a good exit is all you can ask for."
Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:08 pm

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
Lao Tzu
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:06 pm

“A little nod is enough for the wise man; an bottom needs a fist.”
Moroccan Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:37 pm

"One is eager to understand and explain everything.
But when a man tries to express what he thinks he has
understood, he is like an invalid. Words are his prison."
Kosei Takano, Kendo master
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:25 pm

"True art has no goal and no purpose."
Master Awa, Kyudo master
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:16 pm

“Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng.”
(When you see form, strike form; When there is no form, strike shadow)
Wing Chun Kuen maxim
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:54 pm

"Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity
lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper
training of the mind turns into beastly behaviour."
Osensei Shoshin Nagamine
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:32 am

"It is easy to learn how to fight you don't have to learn Ngo Cho for that." "To fight just pick up a knife, any weapon or better a gun, attack your enemy in the dark or ambush him", "why learn Ngo Cho?"
The late Master Lo King Hui
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:23 pm

"O man! Control thyself
Only then can you get salvation
If you are to fight, fight
against your own desires.
Nothing will be achieved by
Fighting against external enemies;
If you miss this occasion,
It will be lost forever.
One's own unconquered soul
Is one's greatest enemy."
Jain scripture - Acharanga sutra
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:12 am

"The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet."
Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773), Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:45 am

"Pisando em terras alheias, pisar no chão devagar."
When walking in foreign lands, watch your step.
Brazilian saying
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:29 am

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."
Aung San Suu Kyi
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:21 am

"Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them."
Marilyn Ferguson
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:11 am

"Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it."
Kathleen Casey Theisen
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:55 am

"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity."
Francis Maitland Balfour
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:47 am

"All that glitters is not gold" English proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:26 am

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted."
David Bly
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:09 am

"Chi sau mo lien fa sik."
(There are no flowery hands found in sticking hands practise)
Wing Chun Kuen maxim
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:06 pm

"It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours."
Sam Ewing
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