"The heart of taijutsu is important and only through training will one polish that heart (like a gem) and understand true taijutsu."

“We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him”

Source : "Racial Tactics Backfire", Texas Monthly Vol. 4 No. 7 (p.12), July 1976.

“[H]uman beings...make a limit in their mind of what their potential is. They decide, "I've been told this," or "this is what society tells me," or they've been made to believe something. If every human being actually threw away those thoughts...the potential of human beings is great, it's huge, compared to what they actually think of themselves.”

“The Little Boy and the Old Man Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon." Said the old man, "I do that too." The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants." I do that too," laughed the little old man. Said the little boy, "I often cry." The old man nodded, "So do I." But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems Grown-ups don't pay attention to me." And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand. I know what you mean," said the little old man.”

Source : Shel Silverstein, “The Little Boy And The Old Man”

“Cultivate your Futurism. I'll cultivate my Döblinism.”

“Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition.”

“I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.”

“It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.

“The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity for all.”