- Young Caine: You cannot see.
- Master Po: You think I cannot see?
- Young Caine: Of all things, to live in darkness must be worst.
- Master Po: Fear is the only darkness.
- Master Po: [after easily defeating the boy in combat] Ha, ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear?
- Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
- Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
- Young Caine: No.
- Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
- Young Caine: [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
- Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
- Master Kan: Quickly as you can, snatch the pebble from my hand.
- [Young Caine tries to do so and fails]
- Master Kan: When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.
- Master Kan: Avoid, rather than check. Check, rather than hurt. Hurt, rather than maim. Maim, rather than kill. For all life is precious, nor can any be replaced.
- Middle Caine: Master Teh?
- Master Teh: Yes, student Caine.
- Middle Caine: What is the best way to deal with force?
- Master Teh: As we prize peace and quiet above victory, there is a simple and preferred method.
- Middle Caine: What is that, sir?
- Master Teh: Run away!
- Master Kan: Indeed, there are two kinds of strength. The outer strength is obvious. It fades with age and succumbs to sickness. Then there is the Chi, the inner strength. Everyone possesses it, too, but it is indeed much more difficult to develop. The inner strength lasts through every heat and every cold... through old age and beyond.