Tai Chi Master Quotes

#1. If you're a ghost," he said, "we mean you no disrespect. And if you're not a ghost, tell me who you are-or you soon will be one

John Flanagan

#2. My attitude toward spiders is similar to my attitude toward ballerinas: I am in awe of your natural beauty and flawless instincts, but if you come in my house I will kill you.

Eric D. Snider

#3. I just can't believe that life would give us to each other,' he said, 'and then take it back.'

'I can,' she said. 'Life's a bastard.

Rainbow Rowell

#4. To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of the world.

Fitz Hugh Ludlow

#5. If someone teaches you alignment and - I'm not a tai chi expert by any stretch - so interviewing me about tai chi is kind of the cart before the horse - but just from my point of view as a student, it's simply that Master Ren can show you the relationship of power, stance and form.

Lou Reed

#6. People falling out of the sky was a normal sight to Yuuhei. Usually because his brother had punched them there.

Ryohgo Narita

#7. Behind each person is an utter mystery, supreme value. The more we recognize this the better we ALL get.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#8. I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaolin kung fu teacher, but he also taught tai chi, Chinese medicine, brush painting - he was adept at all facets of Chinese culture.

Daniel Wu

#9. If there were a ritual dance of the androgyne, Tai chi as performed by this master could be that dance. It is neither a masculine dance nor a feminine dance. It has the strength and grace of both.

June Singer