Joe Hyams Quotes

#1. What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

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#2. Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.

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#3. Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

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#4. And for the unpeaceful, how can there be happiness?

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#5. A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.

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#6. Only by constantly exposing myself to someone better than I have I been able to improve.

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#7. Always remember: in life as well as on the mat an unfocused or 'loose' mind wastes energy.

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#8. When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

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#9. Anger doesn't demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.

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#10. For example, if you are fearful your mind will freeze, motion will be stopped and you will be defeated. If your mind is fixed on victory or defeating your opponent, you will be unable to function automatically.

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#11. I can defeat you physically with or without a reason. But I can only defeat your mind with a reason. - JIM LAU

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#12. For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there the power of concentration; and for him without concentration there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful, how can there be happiness? - BHAGAVAD GITA

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#13. When you lose your temper, you lose yourself - on the mat as well as in life.

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#14. To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

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#15. One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises that seem to require a maximum of physical strength.

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#16. Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

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#17. When a problem arises, don't fight with it or try to deny it. Accept and acknowledge it. Be patient in seeking a solution or opening, and then fully commit yourself to the resolution you think advisable.

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#18. We are like blades of grass or trees of the forest, creations of the universe, of the spirit of the universe, and the spirit of the universe has neither life nor death. Vanity is the only obstacle to life.

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#19. When an untoward event occurs in your life, react to it without haste or passion.

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