To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve – as if you might die in the next instant.

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"To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant"

- Taisen Deshimaru

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"Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve – as if you might die in the next instant."

- Taisen Deshimaru

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"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair."

- Taisen Deshimaru

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