Motobu Choki quotes

“Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.”
-- Motobu Choki

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Defense Quotes

“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.”

“How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."”

“I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.”

“The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”

“Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.”

“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.”

“This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense.”

“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.”