"The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends."

-- Dan Inosanto

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Practice Quotes

“I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any case, unavoidable. However, you can hardly blame me if the British and the French accepted at Munich every demand I made of them! (14th February 1945)”
“But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something.”
“For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.”
“The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.”

Source : Mark Dever (2012). “The Church: The Gospel Made Visible”, p.10, B&H Publishing Group
“A copious manner of expression gives strength and weight to our ideas, which frequently make impression upon the mind, as iron does upon solid bodies, rather by repeated strokes than a single blow.”
“I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.”
“As a reporter you tend to seek coherence from your subject or your source - it all needs to add up and make sense. In truth, in reality, there's often a great deal of murkiness and muddiness, confusion and contradiction.”
“I wanted to incorporate everything, understand everything, because time is cruel and nothing stays the same.”

Source : Norman Rush (2013). “Mating”, p.217, Granta Books

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