#Rigidity Quotes

“Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.”

“Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.”

“Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.”

“The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.”

“A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.”

“A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.”

“A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.”

“The rigid tree will be felled.”

“People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.”

“Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result.”

“No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.”