The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.
People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
Without struggle, there is no progress. There has to be struggle in your life. You have to grow in experience to control your ego. Cause, you know, an ego can be crushed, it can be killed, it can be smashed, but it comes back. It never dies. That's the thing about the ego: it never dies.
In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you're not a friend to yourself, there's no way you're gonna have any friends.
I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.
I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn't take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That's a pretty interesting job. It's harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.
I feel more meditative when I don't have a home. I like being put into a new place and making friends with people from a different culture, trying to find the lines of communication. It's a lot of reflection of myself and seeing new scenery.
There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism.
Peace Within. Peace Without. Mi Zai