Shoshin Nagamine famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.
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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 behavior.
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Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts.
-- Shoshin Nagamine
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We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.
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Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.
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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
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To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.
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Once you have your practice and you have your mechanics, you must be able to go out there and trust your mechanics.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement's voice.
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All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.
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I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.