Bruce Lee

1:Low aim, not failure, is the crime. ~ Bruce Lee,

2:Action is a highroad to self-esteem. ~ Bruce Lee,

3:The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. ~ Bruce Lee,

4:When one has no form, one can be all forms. ~ Bruce Lee,

5:One great cause of failure is lack of concentration. ~ Bruce Lee,

6:To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

7:The more we value things, the less we value ourselves." ~ Bruce Lee,

8:Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. ~ Bruce Lee,

9:Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. ~ Bruce Lee,

10:Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged. ~ Bruce Lee,

11:Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man. ~ Bruce Lee,

12:Develop the tools, refine the tools, then dissolve the tools. ~ Bruce Lee,

13:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ Bruce Lee,

14:The unfolding of the bare human soul … that is what interests me. ~ Bruce Lee,

15:Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness. ~ Bruce Lee,

16:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." ~ Bruce Lee,

17:Don't fear failure...in great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ Bruce Lee,

18:Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ Bruce Lee,

19:The unfolding of the bare human soul ... that is what interests me.
~ Bruce Lee,

20:If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made of." ~ Bruce Lee,

21:If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves." ~ Bruce Lee,

22:A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ Bruce Lee,

23:A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
~ Bruce Lee,

24:The enemy only has images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives.
Destroy the image and you will break the enemy.
~ Bruce Lee,

25:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal."
~ Bruce Lee,

26:The possession of anything begins in the mind." ~ Bruce Lee, (1940 - 1973), Hong Kong-American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, and philosopher, Wikipedia.,

27:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." ~ Bruce Lee,

28:The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning, But I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, But I did not observe it. Until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel.
~ Bruce Lee,

29:The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams. ~ Bruce Lee,

* WISDOM TROVE *

1:Boards don't hit back. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

2:Be like water, my friend. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

3:To tolerate is to insult. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

4:Be happy, but never satisfied. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

5:Live a life worth remembering. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

6:As you think, you shall become. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

7:Either push your limits or die. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

8:Running water never grows stale. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

9:The reward is found in the work. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

10:We do not become. We simply are. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

11:Learn it all, then forget it all. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

12:Real living is living for others. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

13:True refinement seeks simplicity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

14:Your state of mind is everything. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

15:As you think, so shall you become. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

16:Efficiency is anything that scores. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

17:I think of myself as a human being. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

18:Low aim, not failure, is the crime. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

19:Pain is weakness leaving your body. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

20:Simplicity is the key to brilliance. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

21:The word ‘superstar’ is an illusion. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

22:The unconditioned mind intuits truth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

23:To live is to express oneself freely. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

24:All knowledge leads to self-knowledge. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

25:Willing is not enough, one must apply. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

26:A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

27:Get maximum effect from minimum effort. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

28:Truth cannot be structured or confined. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

29:Be a practical dreamer backed by action. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

30:In the middle of chaos lies opportunity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

31:People fear what they do not understand. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

32:Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

33:Take what's useful, discard what is not. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

34:Circumstances hell! I make circumstances! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

35:Observe what is with undivided awareness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

36:Optimism is a faith that leads to success. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

37:Ultimately the greatest help is self-help. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

38:Evaluation by others is not a guide for me. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

39:Ideas are the beginning of all achievement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

40:Seek freedom from the conformity of styles. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

41:The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

42:The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

43:When one has no form, one can be all forms. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

44:Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

45:There are too many stars and too few actors. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

46:All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

47:Belts are only good for holding up your pants ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

48:The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

49:The possession of anything begins in the mind. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

50:To change with change is the changeless state. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

51:What is true stillness? Stillness in movement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

52:Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

53:Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

54:Remember, Life is a journey, not a destination. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

55:What Is, is more important than What Should Be. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

56:Obey the principles without being bound by them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

57:From form to formless and from finite to infinite ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

58:I don't believe in getting something for nothing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

59:It's not what you give, it's the way you give it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

60:It’s not what you give, it’s the way you give it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

61:When you freely express, you are the total style. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

62:Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

63:Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

64:A person cannot forget someone who is good to them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

65:A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

66:Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

67:In life, what more can you ask for than to be real? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

68:Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

69:To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

70:Understand your limitations and capitalize on them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

71:False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

72:If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

73:One great cause of failure is lack of concentration. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

74:The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

75:The highest art is no art. The best form is no form. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

76:After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

77:Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

78:Either you understand or you don't, and that is that. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

79:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

80:Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

81:The More we value things, the less we value ourselves ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

82:To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

83:To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

84:Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

85:What can you take from me which is not already yours? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

86:Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

87:When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

88:A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

89:All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

90:A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

91:Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

92:Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

93:The more we value things, the less we value ourselves. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

94:Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

95:Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

96:Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

97:If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

98:Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

99:Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

100:A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

101:Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

102:I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

103:It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

104:Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

105:Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

106:The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

107:To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

108:Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

109:Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

110:Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

111:Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

112:The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

113:We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

114:Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

115:If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

116:You will never get any more out of this life than you expect. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

117:Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

118:Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

119:My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

120:The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

121:Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

122:Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

123:In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

124:The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

125:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

126:Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

127:If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

128:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

129:The unfolding of the bare human soul... that is what interests me. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

130:To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

131:Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

132:If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

133:Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

134:To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

135:A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

136:I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

137:I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

138:Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

139:The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

140:If you want to learn to swim you have to throw yourself in the water. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

141:In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

142:Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

143:Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

144:Put &

145:You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

146:Success is not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

147:To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

148:Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

149:When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

150:Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

151:If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

152:Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

153:People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

154:Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

155:When finger point at moon, don't look at finger or you'll miss the moon. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

156:When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

157:Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

158:Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

159:Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

160:The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

161:Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

162:As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

163:I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

164:Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

165:Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

166:To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

167:All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

168:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

169:The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

170:Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

171:If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

172:It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

173:It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

174:Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

175:Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

176:What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

177:Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

178:To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

179:Here I am as a human being... how can I express myself, totally and completely? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

180:It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

181:Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

182:Only the self-sufficient stand alone – most people follow the crowd and imitate. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

183:If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

184:Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

185:Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

186:We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

187:Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

188:Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

189:Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

190:Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

191:Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

192:A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

193:I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

194:A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

195:Have no rigid system in you, and you'll be flexible to change with the ever changing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

196:Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

197:Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

198:Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

199:A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

200:Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

201:Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

202:Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

203:It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

204:There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

205:To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

206:Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

207:Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

208:Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

209:I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

210:Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

211:The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

212:If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

213:A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

214:My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

215:There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

216:Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

217:The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

218:There is what is only when there is no comparing and to live with what is is to be peaceful. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

219:In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

220:You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

221:Defeat is a state of mind; No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

222:Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

223:The primary Reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

224:Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

225:Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

226:Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

227:Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

228:Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

229:Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

230:Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

231:The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

232:All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

233:Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

234:Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

235:Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

236:Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

237:Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

238:The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

239:There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

240:Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

241:A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

242:I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

243:I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

244:Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

245:For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

246:Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

247:Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

248:Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

249:The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

250:Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

251:If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

252:Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

253:Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

254:Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

255:True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

256:If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

257:If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

258:Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

259:All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

260:I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

261:Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

262:If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

263:In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

264:Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

265:If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

266:You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

267:A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

268:I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

269:Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

270:Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

271:Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

272:Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

273:Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

274:Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

275:To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

276:A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

277:Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

278:Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

279:Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

280:The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

281:You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

282:The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

283:To be what I term a &

284:We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

285:Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

286:The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

287:When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

288:Each moment that passes changes you... You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

289:Since life is an ever evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

290:The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

291:The timeless moment. - The moment has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

292:With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

293:Jeet Kune Do: it's just a name; don't fuss over it. There's no such thing as a style if you understand the roots of combat. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

294:Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

295:I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

296:Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

297:Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

298:Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

299:We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

300:It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

301:What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is &

302:Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

303:To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

304:Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

305:Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

306:Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

307:Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

308:The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

309:Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

310:I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

311:The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

312:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

313:I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

314:I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

315:The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

316:The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

317:Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

318:You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

319:A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

320:I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

321:What is is more important than ‘what should be.’ Too many people are looking at ‘what is’ from a position of thinking ‘what should be’. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

322:Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

323:One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

324:The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

325:Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

326:I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

327:The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead - big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

328:Do not have an attitude, open yourself and focus yourself and express yourself. Reject external form that fails to express internal reality. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

329:It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

330:If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

331:Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

332:The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

333:There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

334:Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

335:To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

336:Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

337:If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

338:More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself - and that's about it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

339:One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

340:One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

341:To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

342:Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

343:Because of styles people are separated. Research your own experience, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

344:Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

345:Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. There is what is only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

346:The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

347:There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

348:An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

349:Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

350:Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

351:What is' is more important than &

352:But neither can you condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on. You can never invite the wind but you must leave the window open. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

353:He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

354:Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

355:The doubters said, ‘Man can not fly,’ The doers said, ‘Maybe, but we’ll try,’ And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

356:To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the &

357:Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

358:A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being hit is inevitable, strike back twice as hard. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

359:Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole - two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

360:The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh and uncontaminated by previous conditioning. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

361:When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

362:Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

363:If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

364:The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

365:Knowledge , surely, is always of time , whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

366:Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

367:The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. It is the halfway cultivation that leads to ornamentation. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

368:It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

369:Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

370:The success of an assailant's attack depends on surprise, and if you're sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

371:Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

372:We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

373:If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

374:I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

375:Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

376:If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

377:Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

378:Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

379:Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

380:Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

381:Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

382:Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

383:Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

384:An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

385:Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

386:The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

387:You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

388:Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

389:One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

390:The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

391:Zen is not attained by mirror-wiping mediation, but by self-forgetfulness in the existential &

392:A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

393:In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

394:You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

395:Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

396:Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

397:Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

398:Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

399:The past is an illusion. You must learn to live in the present and accept yourself for what you are now. What you lack in flexibility and agility you must make up with knowledge and constant practice. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

400:The abdominal and waist region coordinate all parts of the body and act as the center or generator. Therefore, you can promote the ability to control the body's action and master your will more easily. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

401:When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, he can fit in with any style. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

402:I used to live in Seattle, as did Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee. I lived near the arboretum. Very often I would take walks late at night by Lake Washington, because I found it very easy to meditate there. ~ frederick-lenz, @wisdomtrove

403:The Now is indivisible. Completeness, the now, is an absence of the conscious mind to strive to divide that which is indivisible. For once the completeness of things is taken apart it is no longer complete. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

404:Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

405:True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

406:The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

407:The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

408:To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

409:The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

410:when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

411:Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

412:One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

413:Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

414:Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

415:The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to &

416:Having totality means being capable of following what is, because what is is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of what is. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

417:If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

418:Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

419:The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

420:You will never learn anything new unless you are ready to accept yourself with your limitations. You must accept the fact that you are capable in some directions and limited in others, and you must develop your capabilities. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

421:It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, &

422:When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

423:You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like As Confucius say, but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

424:In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

425:Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationships to man. He then becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

426:To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

427:Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

428:Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to man etc. Then he becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

429:The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

430:To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

431:It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don't care how good I am or what I do to him- he's gonna get my nose. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

432:Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

433:Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

434:Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

435:I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

436:Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

437:Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses any techniques which serve its end. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

438:The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

439:Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

440:A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit, it hits all by itself. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

441:Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

442:When we hold to the core, the opposite sides are the same if they are seen from the center of the moving circle. I do not experience; I am experience. I am not the subject of experience; I am that experience. I am awareness. Nothing else can be I or can exist. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

443:To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, settle on the creative ideas. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

444:I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word &

445:When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

446:There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this matter of breaking bricks and boards wth the edge of your hand. Now I ask you, did you ever see a brick or a board pick a fight with anybody? ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

447:A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

448:The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

449:We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day - sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

450:We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

451:I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

452:The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

453:What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds &

454:The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

455:There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

456: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. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

457:Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

458:To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time , for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness care for watching, but don't stop and interpret I am free, then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

459:I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

460:Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely – lay your life before him!! ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

461:Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite&

462:Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

463:The attitude, &

464:The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

465:As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

466:Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

467:I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

468:I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, I am doing this, but rather, an inner realization that this is happening through me, or it is doing this for me. The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

469:The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between &

470:Life is better lived than conceptualized. This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I’ve come to understand that life is best to be lived — not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

471:To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that &

472:Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

473:I don't know what is the meaning of death, but I am not afraid to die - and I go on, non-stop, going forward with life. Even though I,, may die some day without fulfilling all of my ambitions, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do and what I've done, I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

474:If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

475:Life is better lived than conceptualized. — This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I’ve come to understand that life is best to be lived — not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

476:Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

477:Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

478:To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to this is this or that is that. I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

479:A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

480:Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is the same as ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man. But when we are still alive, we have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves and express ourselves. In this way, we can progress, but we may not be successful. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

481:Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

482:There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

483:Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization . That way, it's a process of continuing growth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

484:All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

485:You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

486:Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. Have no rigid system in you, and you’ll be flexible to change with the ever changing. Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

487:I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet &

488:While it may come as a profound surprise to those of us who are in the throes of an emotional or life crisis, the fact remains that the answer to virtually all of our problems resides within us already. It exist in the form of a vast reservoir of free-flowing energy that, when channeled to our muscles, can give us great strength and, when channeled to our brain, can give us great insight and understanding. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

489:I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of beings on earth that are structurally different from us, there can be no different style of fighting. Why is that? Because we have two hands and two legs. ... because of styles, people are separated. They are not united together because styles become law. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

490:A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher must never impose this student to fit his favourite pattern; a good teacher functions as a pointer, exposing his student's vulnerability and causing him to explore both internally and finally integrating himself with his being. Martial art should not be passed out indiscriminately. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

491:The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

492:Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare the student for actual combat. A guy could get clobbered while getting into this classical mess. Classical methods like these, which I consider a form of paralysis, only solidify and constrain what was once fluid. Their practitioners are merely blindly rehearsing routines and stunts that will lead nowhere. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

493:To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling and feel pretty cool and all that. I can make all kinds of phoney things. Blinded by it. Or I can show some really fancy movement. But to experience oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly, now that is very hard to do. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

494:Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

495:When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

496:The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather in our head. All concepts of self-improvement, all actions and paths we take, relate solely to our abstract image of ourselves. Life is limited only by how we really see ourselves and feel about our being. A great deal of pure self-knowledge and inner understanding allows us to lay an all-important foundation for the structure of our life from which we can perceive and take the right avenues. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

497:There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power - God, history, fate, nation, or humanity. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

498:The Western approach to reality is mostly through theory, and theory begins by denying reality - to talk about reality, to go around reality, to catch anything that attracts our sense-intellect and abstract it away from reality itself. Thus philosophy begins by saying that the outside world is not a basic fact, that its existence can be doubted and that every proposition in which the reality of the outside world is affirmed is not an evident proposition but one that needs to be divided, dissected and analyzed. It is to stand consciously aside and try to square a circle. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

499:How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way, a definite path, but not to that which is living. Do not reduce reality to a static thing and then invent methods to reach it. ... Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. It has no resting place, no form, no organized institution, no philosophy. When you see that, you will understand that this living thing is also what you are. You cannot express and be alive through static, put-together form, through stylized movement. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

500:Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we cling blindly to them, we shall eventually become bound by their limitations. Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. If somebody attacks you, your response is not Technique No.1, Stance No. 2, Section 4, Paragraph 5. Instead you simply move in like sound and echo, without any deliberation. It is as though when I call you, you answer me, or when I throw you something, you catch it. It's as simple as that - no fuss, no mess. ~ bruce-lee, @wisdomtrove

* NEWFULLDB 2.4M *

1:Boards don't hit back. ~ Bruce Lee,

2:I create opportunities. ~ Bruce Lee,

3:Be like water, my friend ~ Bruce Lee,

4:Be like water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

5:To tolerate is to insult. ~ Bruce Lee,

6:You need emotional content. ~ Bruce Lee,

7:But to those who kept saying ~ Bruce Lee,

8:As you think, you shall become ~ Bruce Lee,

9:Be happy, but never satisfied. ~ Bruce Lee,

10:In early September, there come ~ Bruce Lee,

11:I was raised on Bruce Lee. ~ Bridget Fonda,

12:Live a life worth remembering. ~ Bruce Lee,

13:Either push your limits or die. ~ Bruce Lee,

14:Running water never grows stale. ~ Bruce Lee,

15:The reward is found in the work. ~ Bruce Lee,

16:We do not become. We simply are. ~ Bruce Lee,

17:Learn it all, then forget it all. ~ Bruce Lee,

18:Real living is living for others. ~ Bruce Lee,

19:True refinement seeks simplicity. ~ Bruce Lee,

20:Your state of mind is everything. ~ Bruce Lee,

21:As you think, so shall you become. ~ Bruce Lee,

22:The word "superstar" is an ilusion ~ Bruce Lee,

23:Efficiency is anything that scores. ~ Bruce Lee,

24:I think of myself as a human being. ~ Bruce Lee,

25:Low aim, not failure, is the crime. ~ Bruce Lee,

26:Pain is weakness leaving your body. ~ Bruce Lee,

27:Action is a highroad to self-esteem. ~ Bruce Lee,

28:Its not what happens that counts... ~ Bruce Lee,

29:Low aim, not failure, is the crime. ~ Bruce Lee,

30:Simplicity is the key to brilliance. ~ Bruce Lee,

31:To live is to express oneself freely ~ Bruce Lee,

32:Action is a highroad to self-esteem. ~ Bruce Lee,

33:Knowing is not enough, You must apply ~ Bruce Lee,

34:The unconditioned mind intuits truth. ~ Bruce Lee,

35:All knowledge leads to self-knowledge. ~ Bruce Lee,

36:A man must constantly exceed his level ~ Bruce Lee,

37:Willing is not enough, one must apply. ~ Bruce Lee,

38:Get maximum effect from minimum effort. ~ Bruce Lee,

39:Truth cannot be structured or confined. ~ Bruce Lee,

40:A conditioned mind is never a free mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

41:Be a practical dreamer backed by action. ~ Bruce Lee,

42:In the middle of chaos lies opportunity. ~ Bruce Lee,

43:No matter what, you must let your inner ~ Bruce Lee,

44:People fear what they do not understand. ~ Bruce Lee,

45:Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. ~ Bruce Lee,

46:Take what's useful, discard what is not. ~ Bruce Lee,

47:Circumstances hell! I make circumstances! ~ Bruce Lee,

48:Love is like a friendship caught on fire. ~ Bruce Lee,

49:Observe what is with undivided awareness. ~ Bruce Lee,

50:showing off is the fools's idea of glory. ~ Bruce Lee,

51:Optimism is a faith that leads to success. ~ Bruce Lee,

52:Seek freedom from the conformity of styles ~ Bruce Lee,

53:Ultimately the greatest help is self-help. ~ Bruce Lee,

54:Evaluation by others is not a guide for me. ~ Bruce Lee,

55:Ideas are the beginning of all achievement. ~ Bruce Lee,

56:In Life There are No Limits, Only Plateaus. ~ Bruce Lee,

57:Never try to copy a successful personality. ~ Bruce Lee,

58:The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ~ Bruce Lee,

59:The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. ~ Bruce Lee,

60:When one has no form, one can be all forms. ~ Bruce Lee,

61:Boards, don't hit back. ~ Bruce LeeBruce Lee ~ Bruce Lee,

62:Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today. ~ Bruce Lee,

63:There are too many stars and too few actors. ~ Bruce Lee,

64:The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. ~ Bruce Lee,

65:When one has no form, one can be all forms. ~ Bruce Lee,

66:All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge. ~ Bruce Lee,

67:Belts are only good for holding up your pants ~ Bruce Lee,

68:Relationship is a process of self-revelation. ~ Bruce Lee,

69:To change with change is the changeless state ~ Bruce Lee,

70:Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot ~ Bruce Lee,

71:Sensitivity is not possible if you are afraid. ~ Bruce Lee,

72:The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. ~ Bruce Lee,

73:The possession of anything begins in the mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

74:To change with change is the changeless state. ~ Bruce Lee,

75:What is true stillness? Stillness in movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

76:Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. ~ Bruce Lee,

77:Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. ~ Bruce Lee,

78:Remember, Life is a journey, not a destination. ~ Bruce Lee,

79:What Is, is more important than What Should Be. ~ Bruce Lee,

80:Obey the principles without being bound by them. ~ Bruce Lee,

81:All I wanted to do's be the Bruce Lee of loose-leaf. ~ Eminem,

82:From form to formless and from finite to infinite ~ Bruce Lee,

83:I don't believe in getting something for nothing. ~ Bruce Lee,

84:It's not what you give, it's the way you give it. ~ Bruce Lee,

85:When you freely express, you are the total style. ~ Bruce Lee,

86:Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth. ~ Bruce Lee,

87:In the middle of chaos lies opportunity--Bruce Lee ~ Bruce Lee,

88:Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. ~ Bruce Lee,

89:Use no way as way, make no limitation, limitation. ~ Bruce Lee,

90:A person cannot forget someone who is good to them. ~ Bruce Lee,

91:A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. ~ Bruce Lee,

92:Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you. ~ Bruce Lee,

93:In life, what more can you ask for than to be real? ~ Bruce Lee,

94:Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. ~ Bruce Lee,

95:To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~ Bruce Lee,

96:Understand your limitations and capitalize on them. ~ Bruce Lee,

97:False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words. ~ Bruce Lee,

98:If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love. ~ Bruce Lee,

99:One great cause of failure is lack of concentration. ~ Bruce Lee,

100:The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. ~ Bruce Lee,

101:The highest art is no art. The best form is no form. ~ Bruce Lee,

102:After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge. ~ Bruce Lee,

103:Become like water my friend.
كن كالمااااااااااااء ~ Bruce Lee,

104:Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves ~ Bruce Lee,

105:Either you understand or you don't, and that is that. ~ Bruce Lee,

106:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. ~ Bruce Lee,

107:Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ~ Bruce Lee,

108:One great cause of failure is lack of concentration. ~ Bruce Lee,

109:The More we value things, the less we value ourselves ~ Bruce Lee,

110:To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

111:To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world. ~ Bruce Lee,

112:Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

113:What can you take from me which is not already yours? ~ Bruce Lee,

114:Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact. ~ Bruce Lee,

115:To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

116:When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive. ~ Bruce Lee,

117:A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. ~ Bruce Lee,

118:All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge. ~ Bruce Lee,

119:A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth. ~ Bruce Lee,

120:Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect. ~ Bruce Lee,

121:Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. ~ Bruce Lee,

122:Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points. ~ Bruce Lee,

123:Switchin' speeds like Bruce Lee ridin' up Fuji in a movie. ~ Redman,

124:Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday. ~ Bruce Lee,

125:If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering ~ Bruce Lee,

126:if you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering ~ Bruce Lee,

127:Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. ~ Bruce Lee,

128:You will never get any more out of life than you expect. ~ Bruce Lee,

129:Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead! ~ Bruce Lee,

130:Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier. ~ Bruce Lee,

131:Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously. ~ Bruce Lee,

132:Under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. ~ Bruce Lee,

133:A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ~ Bruce Lee,

134:I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'. ~ Brandon Lee,

135:I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect. ~ Bruce Lee,

136:It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more. ~ Bruce Lee,

137:Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. ~ Bruce Lee,

138:Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony. ~ Bruce Lee,

139:The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. ~ Bruce Lee,

140:The less effort you put in, the more powerful you will be. ~ Bruce Lee,

141:To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing. ~ Bruce Lee,

142:Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. ~ Bruce Lee,

143:Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. ~ Bruce Lee,

144:Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. ~ Bruce Lee,

145:Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain ~ Bruce Lee,

146:Reject external form that fails to express internal reality. ~ Bruce Lee,

147:Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged. ~ Bruce Lee,

148:Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. ~ Bruce Lee,

149:The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world. ~ Bruce Lee,

150:Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. ~ Bruce Lee,

151:We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create ~ Bruce Lee,

152:Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man. ~ Bruce Lee,

153:Develop the tools, refine the tools, then dissolve the tools. ~ Bruce Lee,

154:If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. ~ Bruce Lee,

155:Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged. ~ Bruce Lee,

156:Running water never grows stale. So you have to keep flowing. ~ Bruce Lee,

157:You will never get any more out of this life than you expect. ~ Bruce Lee,

158:Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man. ~ Bruce Lee,

159:Develop the tools, refine the tools, then dissolve the tools. ~ Bruce Lee,

160:A good fight should be like a small play, but played seriously. ~ Bruce Lee,

161:Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum. ~ Bruce Lee,

162:Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. ~ Bruce Lee,

163:My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting. ~ Bruce Lee,

164:Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit ~ Bruce Lee,

165:The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time. ~ Bruce Lee,

166:The essential quality of living life lies simply in the living. ~ Bruce Lee,

167:Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. ~ Bruce Lee,

168:In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. ~ Bruce Lee,

169:Living exists when life lives through us … life is a living now! ~ Bruce Lee,

170:Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit. ~ Bruce Lee,

171:The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. ~ Bruce Lee,

172:Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess. ~ Bruce Lee,

173:Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. —BRUCE LEE ~ Scott Jurek,

174:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ Bruce Lee,

175:The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me. ~ Bruce Lee,

176:Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness. ~ Bruce Lee,

177:Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply! ~ Bruce Lee,

178:If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible. ~ Bruce Lee,

179:Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit it ~ Bruce Lee,

180:The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ Bruce Lee,

181:‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ Bruce Lee,

182:To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom. ~ Bruce Lee,

183:To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. ~ Bruce Lee,

184:Using no way as way. Having no limitation as your only limitation. ~ Bruce Lee,

185:Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

186:Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness. ~ Bruce Lee,

187:Don't fear failure...in great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ Bruce Lee,

188:If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help. ~ Bruce Lee,

189:Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped. ~ Bruce Lee,

190:To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. ~ Bruce Lee,

191:A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike. ~ Bruce Lee,

192:Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead. A sort of ~ Bruce Lee,

193:Don't fear failure...in great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ Bruce Lee,

194:I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself. ~ Bruce Lee,

195:I threw about 16 punches in 3 seconds. It was some Bruce Lee speed! ~ David Haye,

196:I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized. ~ Bruce Lee,

197:Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ Bruce Lee,

198:The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event. ~ Bruce Lee,

199:If you want to learn to swim you have to throw yourself in the water. ~ Bruce Lee,

200:In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. ~ Bruce Lee,

201:Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ Bruce Lee,

202:Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. ~ Bruce Lee,

203:Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ Bruce Lee,

204:The most dangerous person is the one who listens, thinks and observes ~ Bruce Lee,

205:You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world. ~ Bruce Lee,

206:Success is not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey. ~ Bruce Lee,

207:The most dangerous person is the one who listens, thinks and observes. ~ Bruce Lee,

208:The unfolding of the bare human soul ... that is what interests me.
~ Bruce Lee,

209:To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. ~ Bruce Lee,

210:Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. ~ Bruce Lee,

211:When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible. ~ Bruce Lee,

212:Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. ~ Bruce Lee,

213:If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~ Bruce Lee,

214:If you love life, don't waste time; for time is what life is made up of. ~ Bruce Lee,

215:Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. ~ Bruce Lee,

216:People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth. ~ Bruce Lee,

217:physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. ~ Bruce Lee,

218:Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. ~ Bruce Lee,

219:When finger point at moon, don't look at finger or you'll miss the moon. ~ Bruce Lee,

220:When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. ~ Bruce Lee,

221:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

222:Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. ~ Bruce Lee,

223:Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support. ~ Bruce Lee,

224:Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. ~ Bruce Lee,

225:The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing. ~ Bruce Lee,

226:Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own. ~ Bruce Lee,

227:Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own. ~ Bruce Lee,

228:As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization. ~ Bruce Lee,

229:I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. ~ Bruce Lee,

230:Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment. ~ Bruce Lee,

231:Los errores son siempre perdonables, si se tiene la valentía de admitirlos. ~ Bruce Lee,

232:All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being. ~ Bruce Lee,

233:Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected. ~ Bruce Lee,

234:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. ~ Bruce Lee,

235:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing you will never get it done ~ Bruce Lee,

236:The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits. ~ Bruce Lee,

237:To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe. ~ Bruce Lee,

238:Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one ~ Bruce Lee,

239:If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you. ~ Bruce Lee,

240:if you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you will never get it done ~ Bruce Lee,

241:It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. ~ Bruce Lee,

242:Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. ~ Bruce Lee,

243:Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light. ~ Bruce Lee,

244:What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become. ~ Bruce Lee,

245:Here I am as a human being...how can I express myself, totally and completely? ~ Bruce Lee,

246:If you truly love life, don't waste time because time is what life is made of. ~ Bruce Lee,

247:Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself. ~ Bruce Lee,

248:To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else. ~ Bruce Lee,

249:Yielding will overcome anything superior to itself; its strength is boundless. ~ Bruce Lee,

250:Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure the difficult one ~ Bruce Lee,

251:It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay. ~ Bruce Lee,

252:It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. ~ Bruce Lee,

253:Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles. ~ Bruce Lee,

254:Loneliness is an opportunity to find yourself. In solitude, you are least alone. ~ Bruce Lee,

255:Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate. ~ Bruce Lee,

256:She’s like Bruce Lee, the Hulk and Neo from The Matrix all rolled in to one. ~ Kendare Blake,

257:If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that. ~ Bruce Lee,

258:Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe. ~ Bruce Lee,

259:Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee ~ K Langston,

260:Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. ~ Bruce Lee,

261:The successful warrior is the average person with laser-like focus. Bruce Lee ~ Steve Chandler,

262:We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent. ~ Bruce Lee,

263:Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other. ~ Bruce Lee,

264:Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. ~ Bruce Lee,

265:Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat. ~ Bruce Lee,

266:Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. ~ Bruce Lee,

267:Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related. ~ Bruce Lee,

268:Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own ~ Bruce Lee,

269:Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. ~ Bruce Lee,

270:A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. ~ Bruce Lee,

271:I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed. ~ Bruce Lee,

272:The body performs better when the athlete lets it go than when he tries to drive it. ~ Bruce Lee,

273:You just got to out there and flow, like Bruce Lee said, you got to be like water. ~ Cub Swanson,

274:A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible. ~ Bruce Lee,

275:Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for a difficult on with the strength to endure it. ~ Bruce Lee,

276:Have no rigid system in you, and you'll be flexible to change with the ever changing. ~ Bruce Lee,

277:I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. ~ Jackie Chan,

278:Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope. ~ Bruce Lee,

279:Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul. ~ Bruce Lee,

280:Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. ~ Bruce Lee,

281:To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself—that, my friend, is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

282:To understand techniques, you must learn that they contain a lot of condensed movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

283:A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ Bruce Lee,

284:Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear. ~ Bruce Lee,

285:Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. ~ Bruce Lee,

286:Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing. ~ Bruce Lee,

287:It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man. ~ Bruce Lee,

288:My father was like the token bad white guy in all the old Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee films. ~ Celina Jade,

289:There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value. ~ Bruce Lee,

290:The successful warrior
is the average person
with laser-like focus. Bruce Lee ~ Steve Chandler,

291:To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you. ~ Bruce Lee,

292:When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee. ~ Jackie Chan,

293:A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ Bruce Lee,

294:Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity. ~ Bruce Lee,

295:Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. ~ Bruce Lee,

296:I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. ~ Bruce Lee,

297:Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul. ~ Bruce Lee,

298:The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible. ~ Bruce Lee,

299:Who's Bruce Lee?" Kenji asks, horrified. "Oh my God. We can't even be friends anymore. ~ Tahereh Mafi,

300:If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today? ~ Bruce Lee,

301:Jeet Kune Do, you see, has no definite lines or boundaries — only those you make yourself. ~ Bruce Lee,

302:A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ~ Bruce Lee,

303:Experiencing is believing. - A fat belly cannot believe that such a thing as hunger exists. ~ Bruce Lee,

304:My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power. ~ Bruce Lee,

305:There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ Bruce Lee,

306:Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted by reality ~ Bruce Lee,

307:Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. —Bruce Lee ~ Guy Kawasaki,

308:It’s not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” – Bruce Lee ~ S J Scott,

309:Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end. ~ Bruce Lee,

310:Life is something for which there is no answer; it must be understood from moment to moment. ~ Bruce Lee,

311:The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out. ~ Bruce Lee,

312:A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
~ Bruce Lee,

313:In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature. ~ Bruce Lee,

314:You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. ~ Bruce Lee,

315:Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. ~ Bruce Lee,

316:Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. ~ Bruce Lee,

317:The enemy of development is this pain phobia - the unwillingness to do a tiny bit of suffering. ~ Bruce Lee,

318:The primary Reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think. ~ Bruce Lee,

319:Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship. ~ Bruce Lee,

320:Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting! ~ Bruce Lee,

321:Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. ~ Bruce Lee,

322:Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish. ~ Bruce Lee,

323:Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it. ~ Bruce Lee,

324:Masters in all branches of art must first be masters in living, for the soul creates everything. ~ Bruce Lee,

325:Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down ~ Bruce Lee,

326:There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful. ~ Bruce Lee,

327:There is “what is” only when there is no comparing and to live with “what is” is to be peaceful. ~ Bruce Lee,

328:Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it. ~ Bruce Lee,

329:Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence. ~ Bruce Lee,

330:Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon. ~ Bruce Lee,

331:Pliability is life; rigidity is death, whether one speaks of man’s body, his mind, or his spirit. ~ Bruce Lee,

332:The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow. ~ Bruce Lee,

333:All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between. ~ Bruce Lee,

334:Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease, when the mind is obsessed with it. ~ Bruce Lee,

335:Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying. ~ Bruce Lee,

336:Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation. ~ Bruce Lee,

337:It’s not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” – Bruce Lee Before ~ S J Scott,

338:Let yourself go with the disease, be with it, keep company with it—this is the way to be rid of it. ~ Bruce Lee,

339:Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone. ~ Bruce Lee,

340:Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended. ~ Bruce Lee,

341:Ricorda, amico mio, che non è tanto importante quello che ti succede, ma come reagisci agli eventi. ~ Bruce Lee,

342:The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. ~ Bruce Lee,

343:There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee,

344:Concentration is a form of exclusion, and where there is exclusion, there is a thinker who excludes. ~ Bruce Lee,

345:Later, it might seem that you can cut trees down with just your hands. Watch out, Bruce Lee! ~ Michael Chatfield,

346:Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. ~ Bruce Lee,

347:The more restricted a method, the lesser the opportunity for one's individual freedom of expression. ~ Bruce Lee,

348:A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing. ~ Bruce Lee,

349:I don't fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks but the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times! ~ Bruce Lee,

350:I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. ~ Bruce Lee,

351:I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ~ Bruce Lee,

352:Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself. ~ Bruce Lee,

353:The difference between an expert and a novice fighter is that the expert makes use of each opportunity ~ Bruce Lee,

354:For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. ~ Bruce Lee,

355:It doesn't matter you were born as Legend
But what does matter is Legendary End.
Think About It. ~ Bruce Lee,

356:Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them. ~ Bruce Lee,

357:Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself. ~ Bruce Lee,

358:Sideways force can be broken though by straight force. Straight force can be stopped by sideways force. ~ Bruce Lee,

359:Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential. ~ Bruce Lee,

360:The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions. ~ Bruce Lee,

361:Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. ~ Bruce Lee,

362:If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you. ~ Bruce Lee,

363:Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ Bruce Lee,

364:Goals give life substance. - To strive actively to achieve some goal gives your life meaning and substance. ~ Bruce Lee,

365:Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ~ Bruce Lee,

366:Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book. ~ Bruce Lee,

367:True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system. ~ Bruce Lee,

368:Who’s Bruce Lee?” “Who’s Bruce Lee?” Kenji asks, horrified. “Oh my God. We can’t even be friends anymore. ~ Tahereh Mafi,

369:If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life. ~ Bruce Lee,

370:Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself. ~ Bruce Lee,

371:Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

372:As Bruce Lee said, “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. ~ Timothy Ferriss,

373:If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme. ~ Bruce Lee,

374:Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing. ~ Bruce Lee,

375:All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ~ Bruce Lee,

376:Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. ~ Bruce Lee,

377:I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times. ~ Bruce Lee,

378:Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee. ~ Tracy Morgan,

379:Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave. ~ Bruce Lee,

380:If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness. ~ Bruce Lee,

381:In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others. ~ Bruce Lee,

382:It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men. ~ Bruce Lee,

383:Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. ~ Bruce Lee,

384:To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is. ~ Bruce Lee,

385:Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression. ~ Bruce Lee,

386:If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying. ~ Bruce Lee,

387:If you ask most high schoolers who Bruce Lee is, they will say that it someone they sit next to in English class. ~ Seth Rogen,

388:You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them. ~ Bruce Lee,

389:A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. ~ Bruce Lee,

390:I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times. ~ Bruce Lee,

391:I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. ~ Bruce Lee,

392:Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen. ~ Bruce Lee,

393:Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. ~ Bruce Lee,

394:To see a thing uncolored by one’s own personal preferences and desires is to see it in its own pristine simplicity. ~ Bruce Lee,

395:What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'? ~ Bruce Lee,

396:Now, Ah Hing, I’m going to teach you how to fight like a woman. —GRANDMASTER IP MAN, Bruce Lee’s teacher ~ Christopher McDougall,

397:Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady. ~ Bruce Lee,

398:Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy. ~ Bruce Lee,

399:Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere ~ Bruce Lee,

400:To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves. ~ Bruce Lee,

401:A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. ~ Bruce Lee,

402:Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless. ~ Bruce Lee,

403:Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. ~ Bruce Lee,

404:Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart. ~ Bruce Lee,

405:The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is. ~ Bruce Lee,

406:You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. ~ Bruce Lee,

407:Como decía Bruce Lee: "Experimenta, adopta lo que te sea útil, descarta lo que no, y añade lo que sea únicamente tuyo". ~ Anonymous,

408:I fear not the man that can throw a thousand different kicks once, but the man who can throw one kick a thousand times. ~ Bruce Lee,

409:The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom. ~ Bruce Lee,

410:We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement. ~ Bruce Lee,

411:Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict. ~ Bruce Lee,

412:Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else. ~ Bruce Lee,

413:The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ? ~ Bruce Lee,

414:When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body! ~ Bruce Lee,

415:Since life is an ever evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself. ~ Bruce Lee,

416:The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

417:The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure. ~ Bruce Lee,

418:With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. ~ Bruce Lee,

419:Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it. ~ Bruce Lee,

420:Jeet Kune Do: it's just a name; don't fuss over it. There's no such thing as a style if you understand the roots of combat. ~ Bruce Lee,

421:Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. ~ Bruce Lee,

422:It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is. ~ Bruce Lee,

423:The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time. ~ Bruce Lee,

424:I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one. ~ Bruce Lee,

425:There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. ~ Bruce Lee,

426:Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. ~ Bruce Lee,

427:Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort. ~ Bruce Lee,

428:Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous. ~ Bruce Lee,

429:We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness. ~ Bruce Lee,

430:It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first. ~ Bruce Lee,

431:Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts. ~ Leo Howard,

432:Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted. ~ Bruce Lee,

433:To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure. ~ Bruce Lee,

434:For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is moving and living. ~ Bruce Lee,

435:I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. —Bruce Lee ~ Chelsea Cain,

436:Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. ~ Bruce Lee,

437:Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing ~ Bruce Lee,

438:Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding. ~ Bruce Lee,

439:Always be yourself. Express yourself, have faith in yourself. Don’t go looking for a successful personality and just duplicate it. ~ Bruce Lee,

440:Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense. ~ Bruce Lee,

441:The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest. ~ Bruce Lee,

442:To doubt is to think, and thought is the only thing in the universe whose existence cannot be denied, because to deny is to think. ~ Bruce Lee,

443:Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~ Bruce Lee,

444:I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times. ~ Bruce Lee,

445:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward you goal. ~ Bruce Lee,

446:The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems. ~ Bruce Lee,

447:Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it. ~ Bruce Lee,

448:I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life. ~ Bruce Lee,

449:I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. ~ Bruce Lee,

450:The enemy only has images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives.
Destroy the image and you will break the enemy.
~ Bruce Lee,

451:The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

452:The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction. ~ Bruce Lee,

453:To free one’s self from preconceived notions, prejudices, and conditioned responses is essential to understanding truth and reality. ~ Bruce Lee,

454:Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion ~ Bruce Lee,

455:You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you. ~ Bruce Lee,

456:A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will. ~ Bruce Lee,

457:I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient. ~ Bruce Lee,

458:The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun. ~ Bruce Lee,

459:Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. ~ Bruce Lee,

460:If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself. ~ Bruce Lee,

461:If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal."
~ Bruce Lee,

462:One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. ~ Bruce Lee,

463:Don't think. FEEL. It's like a finger pointing at the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of the heavenly glory. ~ Bruce Lee,

464:Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything. ~ Bruce Lee,

465:The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being ~ Bruce Lee,

466:'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'. ~ Bruce Lee,

467:I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ Bruce Lee,

468:If you would not spill the wine, do not fill the glass too full. If you wish your blade to hold it’s edge, do not try to make it over-keen. ~ Bruce Lee,

469:When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

470:Do not have an attitude, open yourself and focus yourself and express yourself. Reject external form that fails to express internal reality. ~ Bruce Lee,

471:It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do ~ Bruce Lee,

472:Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was. ~ Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa,

473:Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us. ~ Bruce Lee,

474:The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience. ~ Bruce Lee,

475:There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target. ~ Bruce Lee,

476:Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. ~ Bruce Lee,

477:To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow. ~ Bruce Lee,

478:Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude. ~ Bruce Lee,

479:If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ Bruce Lee,

480:To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation. ~ Bruce Lee,

481:Bruce Lee, before he fought, he would try to visualize how the fight would go, because he was visualizing a victorious path out of the combat. ~ Fred D Aguiar,

482:Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making. ~ Sugar Ray Leonard,

483:More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself - and that's about it. ~ Bruce Lee,

484:One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others ~ Bruce Lee,

485:Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world. ~ Christian Hosoi,

486:I am not afraid of an opponent who practiced ten thousand kicks once. What I am afraid of is an opponent who practiced one kick, ten thousand times ~ Bruce Lee,

487:One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. —BRUCE LEE ~ Anonymous,

488:One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead! ~ Bruce Lee,

489:To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth. ~ Bruce Lee,

490:Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being. ~ Bruce Lee,

491:water is fearless,you put water into a cup,it becomes the cup ,you put water into a teapot it becomes the teapot,water can flow drip ,creap,or crash! ~ Bruce Lee,

492:Because of styles people are separated. Research your own experience, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own. ~ Bruce Lee,

493:Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. ~ Bruce Lee,

494:The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them. ~ Bruce Lee,

495:There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it. ~ Bruce Lee,

496:Relationship is understanding. It is a process of self-revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself -- to be is to be related. ~ Bruce Lee,

497:An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more. ~ Bruce Lee,

498:Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success. ~ Bruce Lee,

499:Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day. ~ Bruce Lee,

500:One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. —BRUCE LEE ~ Timothy Ferriss,

501:When the ultimate perfection is attained, the body and limbs perform by themselves what is assigned to them to do with no interference from the mind. The ~ Bruce Lee,

502:He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it. ~ Bruce Lee,

503:Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone! ~ Bruce Lee,

504:The aim of education. — Education: to discover but not merely to imitate. Learning techniques without inward experiencing can only lead to superficiality. ~ Bruce Lee,

505:Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan. ~ Jackie Chan,

506:Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

507:Anger should be expressed. - Any anger that is not coming out, flowing freely, will turn into sadism, power drive, stammering, and other means of torturing. ~ Bruce Lee,

508:Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

509:The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below. ~ Bruce Lee,

510:Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art. ~ Bruce Lee,

511:But neither can you condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on.
You can never invite the wind but you must leave the window open. ~ Bruce Lee,

512:A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being hit is inevitable, strike back twice as hard. ~ Bruce Lee,

513:Knowledge is fixed in time, whereas, knowing is continual. Knowledge comes from a source, from an accumulation, from a conclusion, while knowing is a movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

514:One of his private vanities was that all the garbage sorting had endowed his hands with killing strength—that he could chop a brick in half like Bruce Lee. ~ Katherine Boo,

515:The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh and uncontaminated by previous conditioning. ~ Bruce Lee,

516:When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned. ~ Bruce Lee,

517:Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible. ~ Bruce Lee,

518:If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived. ~ Bruce Lee,

519:The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity. ~ Bruce Lee,

520:Knowledge , surely, is always of time , whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

521:The slender, swift Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of martial arts, and many of the fights that could be merely brutal come across as lightning-fast choreography. ~ Pauline Kael,

522:Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make. ~ Bruce Lee,

523:Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make. ~ Bruce Lee,

524:The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. It is the halfway cultivation that leads to ornamentation. ~ Bruce Lee,

525:For everything we say yes to, we're saying no to something else. ... As Bruce Lee once said, "It is not daily increase but daily decrease; hack away the unessential. ~ Ryder Carroll,

526:It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

527:Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong. ~ Jet Li,

528:I had to make my body fit like Bruce Lee. I trained for eight months, five days a week, eight hours a day. I just ate chicken breasts and vegetables, sometimes just egg whites. ~ Rain,

529:Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are. ~ Bruce Lee,

530:It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming. ~ Bruce Lee,

531:The success of an assailant's attack depends on surprise, and if you're sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful. ~ Bruce Lee,

532:Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity. ~ Bruce Lee,

533:We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem. ~ Bruce Lee,

534:If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it. ~ Bruce Lee,

535:I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. ~ Bruce Lee,

536:Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

537:If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach. ~ Bruce Lee,

538:Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points. ~ Bruce Lee,

539:Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility. ~ Bruce Lee,

540:As the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee said, “I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times. ~ Daniel Coyle,

541:Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student. ~ Bruce Lee,

542:it had been like watching Emma Peel, Bruce Lee, and a particularly vicious tornado, all rolled into one and sprinkled with a generous helping of a mongoose killing a king cobra. ~ Neil Gaiman,

543:Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. ~ Bruce Lee,

544:Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. ~ Bruce Lee,

545:Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation. ~ Bruce Lee,

546:An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion. ~ Bruce Lee,

547:Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole. ~ Bruce Lee,

548:Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle toward a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

549:Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand. ~ Bruce Lee,

550:The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups. ~ Bruce Lee,

551:You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open. ~ Bruce Lee,

552:Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind. ~ Bruce Lee,

553:One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones. ~ Bruce Lee,

554:The doubters said,
"Man can not fly,"
The doers said,
"Maybe, but we'll try,"
And finally soared
In the morning glow
While non-believers
Watched from below. ~ Bruce Lee,

555:If you look at pictures of the bodies of Muhammad Ali, Ray Robinson, or, for that matter, Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee, you'll see physique in perfect proportion and built for function. ~ Tom Schreck,

556:Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him. ~ Lucy Liu,

557:Proprio come per mantenere una buona salute a volte bisogna prendere una medicina sgradevole, così per poter fare le cose che ci piacciono spesso bisogna fare qualcosa che non ci piace. ~ Bruce Lee,

558:The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands. ~ Bruce Lee,

559:A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off. ~ Bruce Lee,

560:Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be. ~ Bruce Lee,

561:In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction. ~ Bruce Lee,

562:You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him. ~ Bruce Lee,

563:Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. ~ Bruce Lee,

564:And you should warn him that if he hurts you, I will scissor kick him in the nuts. Tell him, okay? You tell him that. Because I mean it. I’ll go all kinds of Bruce Lee on his tasty ass. ~ Michelle Leighton,

565:Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve. ~ Bruce Lee,

566:My father was a big Bruce Lee fan. He's Chinese-Hawaiian, and my mother is Chinese. He used to take us to all these really fantastical films with martial arts in them. And Bruce Lee was amazing. ~ Jason Scott,

567:Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice. ~ Bruce Lee,

568:The disease of philosophy. - Philosophy is itself the disease for which it pretends to be the cure: the wise man does not pursue wisdom but lives his life, and therein precisely does his wisdom lie. ~ Bruce Lee,

569:Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything. ~ Bruce Lee,

570:The past is an illusion. You must learn to live in the present and accept yourself for what you are now. What you lack in flexibility and agility you must make up with knowledge and constant practice. ~ Bruce Lee,

571:The abdominal and waist region coordinate all parts of the body and act as the center or generator. Therefore, you can promote the ability to control the body's action and master your will more easily. ~ Bruce Lee,

572:I used to live in Seattle, as did Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee. I lived near the arboretum. Very often I would take walks late at night by Lake Washington, because I found it very easy to meditate there. ~ Frederick Lenz,

573:The Now is indivisible. Completeness, the now, is an absence of the conscious mind to strive to divide that which is indivisible. For once the completeness of things is taken apart it is no longer complete. ~ Bruce Lee,

574:I just remember Bruce Lee blowing my mind on the screen, and I thought to myself, Thats what I want to do for a living when Im older. Bruce Lee was so magnetic and charismatic and held the screen so well. ~ Scott Adkins,

575:Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~ Bruce Lee,

576:True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible. ~ Bruce Lee,

577:The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man. ~ Bruce Lee,

578:The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires. ~ Bruce Lee,

579:To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius. ~ Bruce Lee,

580:The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment. ~ Bruce Lee,

581:when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is. ~ Bruce Lee,

582:The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee. ~ LL Cool J,

583:Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. ~ Bruce Lee,

584:Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will. ~ Bruce Lee,

585:The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect. ~ Bruce Lee,

586:The primary reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think. Although this living may not be a real living. God! What contradictions when we seek to join in wedlock life and reason! ~ Bruce Lee,

587:In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work. ~ Scott Adkins,

588:One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way. ~ Bruce Lee,

589:Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. ~ Bruce Lee,

590:It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person. ~ Bruce Lee,

591:Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up. ~ Bruce Lee,

592:When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee ~ Nate Miyaki,

593:If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee,

594:Too much concentration belittles life. Concentration is a narrowing down of the mind - but we are concerned with the total process of living, and to concentrate exclusively on any particular aspect of life, belittles life. ~ Bruce Lee,

595:Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty. ~ Bruce Lee,

596:If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee,

597:The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition ~ Bruce Lee,

598:You will never learn anything new unless you are ready to accept yourself with your limitations. You must accept the fact that you are capable in some directions and limited in others, and you must develop your capabilities. ~ Bruce Lee,

599:And if a black guy steals your wallet, do you grab the closest brother and demand to know where it is, because they all must know each other? And all Asians hang out in dojos practicing kung fu, right, just like Bruce Lee? ~ Craig Schaefer,

600:a quote from the venerable martial artist Bruce Lee, which he hoped would serve as inspiration: “There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you.” I ~ Joshua Foer,

601:Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is. ~ Bruce Lee,

602:Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That’s why they call it the Fists of Fury. Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I’m not mad at anybody. I’m not mad at any human being because I’m a human being. ~ Tracy Morgan,

603:I read a Bruce Lee quote that shifted how I'm trying to live my life right now. He said, "Some targets are only meant to be aimed at." Right? And I took that to mean a shift for myself from goal orientation to path orientation. ~ Will Smith,

604:it had been like watching Emma Peel, Bruce Lee, and a particularly vicious tornado, all rolled into one and sprinkled with a generous helping of footage he had once seen on a wildlife program of a mongoose killing a king cobra ~ Neil Gaiman,

605:When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win. ~ Bruce Lee,

606:In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand. ~ Bruce Lee,

607:Not being tense but ready.
Not thinking but not dreaming.
Not being set but flexible.
Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement.
It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. ~ Bruce Lee,

608:The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing. ~ Bruce Lee,

609:You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like "As Confucius say," but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different. ~ Bruce Lee,

610:Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationships to man. He then becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing. ~ Bruce Lee,

611:To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever. ~ Bruce Lee,

612:Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to man etc. Then he becomes a slave to the patter and takes the pattern to be the real thing. ~ Bruce Lee,

613:Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

614:The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve. ~ Bruce Lee,

615:Even though I, Bruce Lee, may die someday without fulfilling all of my ambitions, I feel no sorrow. I did what I wanted to do. What I've done, I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ Bruce Lee,

616:To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. ~ Bruce Lee,

617:It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don't care how good I am or what I do to him- he's gonna get my nose. ~ Bruce Lee,

618:Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying! ~ Bruce Lee,

619:Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes, you must free your ambitious mind, and learn the art of dying. ~ Bruce Lee,

620:Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~ Bruce Lee,

621:When did we get too old for this, Daeng? What happened to those days when we were somersaulting through the air with a cutlass in each hand taking out the enemy twenty at a time?”

“I don't think that was us, Love. That was Bruce Lee. ~ Colin Cotterill,

622:When I was young, I saw a lot of martial arts films with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. I loved them. They are my heroes but, I'm so powerful, I'm so faster. I'm so young and so handsome like a model. I really loved them so they are my role models. ~ Rain,

623:Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths. ~ Bruce Lee,

624:As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy. ~ Jackie Chan,

625:I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. ~ Bruce Lee,

626:Richard was thunderstruck: it had been like watching Emma Peel, Bruce Lee, and a particularly vicious tornado, all rolled into one and sprinkled with a generous helping of a mongoose killing a cobra. That was how she moved. That was how she fought. ~ Neil Gaiman,

627:I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of human beings that are structually different from us, there can be no different style of fighting. ~ Bruce Lee,

628:Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image ~ Bruce Lee,

629:Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away. Pleasure is the flower that fades, remembrance is the lasting perfume. Remembrances last longer than present realities; I have preserved blossoms for many years, but never fruits. ~ Bruce Lee,

630:Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses any techniques which serve its end. ~ Bruce Lee,

631:The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited. ~ Bruce Lee,

632:Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” -Bruce Lee ~ James Chalk,

633:Before me now there is only one real fact -- Death. The truth I have been seeking -- this truth is Death. Yet Death is also a seeker. Forever seeking me. So -- we have met at last. And I am prepared. I am at peace. Because I will conquer death with death. ~ Bruce Lee,

634:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

635:I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowled ~ Bruce Lee,

636:Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves.
This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image ~ Bruce Lee,

637:Self-actualization is the important thing. And my personal message to people is that I hope they will go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization. I hope that they will search within themselves for honest self-expression. — Bruce Lee ~ Bruce Lee,

638:Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related. ~ Bruce Lee,

639:Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily. ~ Bruce Lee,

640:True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed through self-discipline, to be calm, fully aware, and completely in tune with oneself and the surroundings. Then, and only then, can a person know himself. ~ Bruce Lee,

641:the whip of the arm is caused by turning the body away from the arm until the range of movement in the shoulder joint is completely used. Then, the arm must turn with the body. Executed quickly, this causes the arm to whip forward as if released from a bow. ~ Bruce Lee,

642:The key to liberation is within. — Each man binds himself; the fetters are ignorance, laziness, preoccupation with self, and fear. He must liberate himself, while accepting the fact that we are of this world, so that “In summer we sweat; in winter we shiver. ~ Bruce Lee,

643:Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friendb ~ Bruce Lee,

644:Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

645:The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning, but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel. ~ Bruce Lee,

646:What you must not do now is to worry and think of the Nationals that is now of the past. What you HABITUALLY THINK largely determines what you will become. Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. I have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. ~ Bruce Lee,

647:Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

648:When we hold to the core, the opposite sides are the same if they are seen from the center of the moving circle. I do not experience; I am experience. I am not the subject of experience; I am that experience. I am awareness. Nothing else can be I or can exist. ~ Bruce Lee,

649:I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket. ~ Bruce Lee,

650:A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself. ~ Bruce Lee,

651:The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning, But I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, But I did not observe it. Until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel.
~ Bruce Lee,

652:To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, settle on the creative ideas. ~ Bruce Lee,

653:He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him.
He who knows not and he knows not, he is simple teach him.
He who knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep, awaken him.
He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise, follow him. ~ Bruce Lee,

654:You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

655:Memory: Recognizing the value of an alert mind and an alert memory, I will encourage mine to become alert by taking care to impress it clearly with all thoughts I wish to recall and by associating those thoughts with related subjects which I may call to mind frequently. ~ Bruce Lee,

656:When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style. ~ Bruce Lee,

657:He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple teach him.
He who knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep, awaken him.
He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise, follow him. ~ Bruce Lee,

658:There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this matter of breaking bricks and boards wth the edge of your hand. Now I ask you, did you ever see a brick or a board pick a fight with anybody? ~ Bruce Lee,

659:A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status. ~ Bruce Lee,

660:What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity. ~ Bruce Lee,

661:The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world. ~ Bruce Lee,

662:We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day - sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness. ~ Bruce Lee,

663:We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day — sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness. ~ Bruce Lee,

664:We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate. ~ Bruce Lee,

665:I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way. ~ Bruce Lee,

666:The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible. ~ Bruce Lee,

667:The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge. ~ Bruce Lee,

668:There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way. ~ Bruce Lee,

669: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. ~ Bruce Lee,

670:To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. ~ Bruce Lee,

671:Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves. ~ Bruce Lee,

672:To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time , for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness care for watching, but don't stop and interpret "I am free," then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before. ~ Bruce Lee,

673:Be like water making its way through crack.
Do not be assertive but adjust to the object and you shall find a way round it or through it.
If nothing within you stays rigid outward thigs will disclose themselves.
Moving be like water.
Still be like a mirror.
Respond like an echo. ~ Bruce Lee,

674:Where some people have a self, most people have a void, because they are too busy in wasting their vital creative energy to project themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like rather than actualizing their potentiality as a human being ~ Bruce Lee,

675:Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard punches. Jackie moves very fast and uses a lot of comedy, and Jet Li is very fluid. I've tried to combine all of their styles and added some things of my own. ~ Tatchakorn Yeerum,

676:I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming. ~ Bruce Lee,

677:The Six Diseases:

1. The desire for victory.
2. The desire to resort to technical cunning.
3. The desire to display all that has been learned.
4. The desire to awe the enemy.
5. The desire to play the passive role.
6. The desire to get rid of whatever disease one is affected by. ~ Bruce Lee,

678:The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams. ~ Bruce Lee,

679:The attitude, “You can win if you want to badly enough,” means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too “tough” to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner’s ideals and dreams. ~ Bruce Lee,

680:Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!! ~ Bruce Lee,

681:The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams. ~ Bruce Lee,

682:Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite--there is nothing which it excludes or opposes. It is living void, because all forms come out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all beings. ~ Bruce Lee,

683:Richard was thunderstruck: it had been like watching Emma Peel, Bruce Lee, and a particularly vicious tornado, all rolled into one and sprinkled with a generous helping of footage he had once seen on a wildlife program of a mongoose killing a king cobra. That was how she had moved. That was how she had fought. ~ Neil Gaiman,

684:Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion. ~ Bruce Lee,

685:The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit. ~ Bruce Lee,

686:I use a Bruce Lee technique: "The way of no way". He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go. ~ Eddie Izzard,

687:As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand. ~ Bruce Lee,

688:The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease. ~ Bruce Lee,

689:The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between “for” and “against” is the mind’s worst disease. ~ Bruce Lee,

690:I fell in love with Bruce Lee after I watched his movies, and I wanted to become a kung-fu practicer, and I would like to be someone like Bruce Lee. That's why I learned kung-fu, and that's why I picked the wing chun style, because it's his style. That's why I decided to be an actor, to go into show business, because of him. ~ Stephen Chow,

691:Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it. ~ Bruce Lee,

692:I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. ~ Bruce Lee,

693:I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. ~ Bruce Lee,

694:I’m moving and not moving at all. I’m like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, “I am doing this,” but rather, an inner realization that “this is happening through me,” or “it is doing this for me.” The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. ~ Bruce Lee,

695:Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

696:The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was. ~ Evander Holyfield,

697:To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a universal family,' you may think that I am bluffing and being idealistic. But if anyone still believes in racial differences, I think he is too backward and narrow in his perspective. Perhaps he still does not understand man's equality and love. ~ Bruce Lee,

698:One of his private vanities was that all the garbage sorting had endowed his hands with killing strength—that he could chop a brick in half like Bruce Lee. “So let’s get a brick,” replied a girl with whom he had once, injudiciously, shared this conviction. Abdul had bumbled away. The brick belief was something he wanted to harbor, not to test. ~ Katherine Boo,

699:Hey Gus. You okay?”

“I feel like Bruce Lee is battling Mike Tyson inside my skull.” He sounds like he’s on the losing end.

“Who’s winning?” I have to try to cheer him up.

He coughs. I think it was supposed to be a chuckle. “Bruce is a fast little f**ker, but Mike is fierce. It could go on a while, dude.”

“Rough night, huh? ~ Kim Holden,

700:Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not. ~ Bruce Lee,

701:Life is better lived than conceptualized. — This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I’ve come to understand that life is best to be lived — not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand. ~ Bruce Lee,

702:I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot." It always made sense to me to adapt the flow and roll with whatever the situation is and to not think about it too much and get caught up in it. It works easier for me that way. ~ Gary Clark Jr,

703:Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time. ~ Bruce Lee,

704:...if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ Bruce Lee,

705:...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. ~ Bruce Lee,

706:I don't know what is the meaning of death, but I am not afraid to die - and I go on, non-stop, going forward with life. Even though I, Bruce Lee, may die some day without fulfilling all of my ambitions, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do and what I've done, I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ Bruce Lee,

707:Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else; it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being... There are NO limits. There are plateus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ Bruce Lee,

708:QUESTION: What is the best way for a person to learn Chinese gung fu? BRUCE LEE: By being himself. The main thing is teaching a man to do his thing, to just be himself. The individual is more important than the style. If a person is awkward, he should not try to be agile. I’m against trying to impose a style on a man. This is an art, an expression of a man’s own self. ~ Bruce Lee,

709:Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension. ~ Bruce Lee,

710:I was about 10 years old. I just remember the film Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee blowing my mind on the screen and I thought to myself, "That's what I want to do for a living when I'm older." Bruce Lee was so magnetic and charismatic and held the screen so well. It's just a very powerful performance in that film. That's the first memory I have - him in that movie. ~ Scott Adkins,

711:Obviously, if your kick does not commence, his punch will land first, and your defense is useless. Only training can produce results (I can help you with this). If you do not consider a few minutes of training worthwhile, and think the chance of assault is small, you are one of those people who encourages thugs to attack, and no one can help you should an emergency arise. ~ Bruce Lee,

712:To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to "this is this" or "that is that." I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on. ~ Bruce Lee,

713:A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly. ~ Bruce Lee,

714:Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is the same as ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man. But when we are still alive, we have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves and express ourselves. In this way, we can progress, but we may not be successful. ~ Bruce Lee,

715:Are you out of your goddamn mind? You think we can take on two hundred soldiers? I know I am an extremely attractive man, J, but I am not Bruce Lee.”
“Who’s Bruce Lee?”
“Who’s Bruce Lee?” Kenji asks, horrified. “Oh my God. We can’t even be friends anymore.”
“Why? Was he a friend of yours?”
“You know what,” he says, “just stop. Just—I can’t even talk to you right now. ~ Tahereh Mafi,

716:Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. ~ Bruce Lee,

717:...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge?...to put the heart of martial arts inyour own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that you will know that there are no limits. ~ Bruce Lee,

718:I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself. ~ Bruce Lee,

719:The path of self-realisation is the most difficult. -We acquire a sense of worth either by realising our talents, or by keeping busy, or by identifying ourselves with something apart from us - be it a cause, a leader, a group, possessions, and the like. Of the three, the path of self-realisation is the most difficult. It is taken when other avenues to a sense of worth are more or less blocked. ~ Bruce Lee,

720:Where some people have a self, most people have a void, because they are too busy in wasting their vital creative energy to project themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like rather than actualizing their potentiality as a human being, a sort of “being” vs. having—that is, we do not “have” mind, we are simply mind. We are what we are. ~ Bruce Lee,

721:Honestly expressing yourself...it is very difficult to do. I mean it is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky and be flooded with a cocky feeling and then feel like pretty cool...or I can make all kind of phony things, you see what I mean, blinded by it or I can show you some really fancy movement. But to express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself...now that, my friend, is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

722:Some of the names will naturally create a picture like the surnames Baker, Cruise or Gardner. My surname is Horsley so you can think of a horse and Bruce lee. My first name is Kevin and it sounds like Cave in, making it easy to create an image and meaning out of my name. Other names may be more difficult, but by using a bit of creativity any name can be given meaning and turned into a picture. ~ Kevin Horsley,

723:There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day. ~ Bruce Lee,

724:Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization . That way, it's a process of continuing growth. ~ Bruce Lee,

725:All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body. ~ Bruce Lee,

726:You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter. ~ Bruce Lee,

727:Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. Have no rigid system in you, and you’ll be flexible to change with the ever changing. Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ~ Bruce Lee,

728:I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of beings on earth that are structurally different from us, there can be no different style of fighting. Why is that? Because we have two hands and two legs. ... because of styles, people are separated. They are not united together because styles become law. ~ Bruce Lee,

729:When you do hard routes, you have to try hard. They're not easy routes. You have to give everything you have. You have to get totally animalistic. When you're super pumped, I have to yell to bear down. [...] It's like martial arts. When Bruce lee threw a punch, he had to mean it. Haahhh! Like that. When you're doing a hard move, there is this excess energy you have to let out. Air explodes out of you. ~ Chris Sharma,

730:While it may come as a profound surprise to those of us who are in the throes of an emotional or life crisis, the fact remains that the answer to virtually all of our problems resides within us already. It exist in the form of a vast reservoir of free-flowing energy that, when channeled to our muscles, can give us great strength and, when channeled to our brain, can give us great insight and understanding. ~ Bruce Lee,

731:I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'.

The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment.

Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself. ~ Bruce Lee,

732:Don't neglect life by worrying about Death. - I don't know what is the meaning of death, but I am not afraid to die - and I go on, non-stop, going forward [with life]. Even though, I, Bruce Lee, may die some day without fulfilling all of my ambitions, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do and what I've done, I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. ~ Bruce Lee,

733:Do not practice finely skilled movements after you are tired, for you will begin to substitute gross motions for finer ones and generalized efforts for specific ones. Remember, wrong movements tend to supervene and the athlete's progress is set back. Thus, the athlete practices fine skills only while he is fresh. When he becomes fatigued, he shifts to tasks employing gross movements designed principally to develop endurance. ~ Bruce Lee,

734:A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher must never impose this student to fit his favourite pattern; a good teacher functions as a pointer, exposing his student's vulnerability and causing him to explore both internally and finally integrating himself with his being. Martial art should not be passed out indiscriminately. ~ Bruce Lee,

735:There was nothing haphazard about Bruce’s training regime, neither was he particularly “lucky” in having started out with natural physical gifts. The greatest talents that Bruce brought to realizing his dreams were intelligence and curiosity (hand in hand, a powerful combination), dedication and perseverance (stick-to-itiveness even in the face of intervening obstacles), and focus (enjoying the journey as much as the destination). ~ Bruce Lee,

736:The law of non-interference with nature. — The law of non-interference with nature is a basic principle of Taoism [stating] that one should be in harmony with, not rebellion against, the fundamental laws of the universe. Preserve yourself by following the natural bends of things and don’t interfere. Remember never to assert your self against nature; never be in frontal opposition to any problems, but to control it by swinging with it. ~ Bruce Lee,

737:The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth. ~ Bruce Lee,

738:Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare the student for actual combat. A guy could get clobbered while getting into this classical mess. Classical methods like these, which I consider a form of paralysis, only solidify and constrain what was once fluid. Their practitioners are merely blindly rehearsing routines and stunts that will lead nowhere. ~ Bruce Lee,

739:To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling and feel pretty cool and all that. I can make all kinds of phoney things. Blinded by it. Or I can show some really fancy movement. But to experience oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly, now that is very hard to do. ~ Bruce Lee,

740:Las herramientas, tus armas naturales, tienen un doble propósito:
1.- Destruir a tu rival frente a ti, el aniquilamiento de cosas que están en el camino de la paz, en el de la justicia y la humanidad.
2.- Destruir tus propios impulsos resultantes del instinto de conservación. Destruir cualquier cosa que moleste a tu mente. No para hacer daño a alguien, sino para vencer tu propia codicia, ira y locura. El Jeet Kune Do está dirigido hacia uno mismo. ~ Bruce Lee,

741:Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

742:Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

743:The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both.
I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony.
Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific.
If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man
No longer a human being.
It is a successful combination of both.
That way it is a process of continuing growth.
Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee,

744:Some martial arts are very popular, real crowd pleasers, because they look good, have smooth techniques. but beware.They are like a wine that has been watered. A diluted wine is not a real wine, nto a good wine, hardly the genuine article. Some martial arts don’t look so good, but you know that they have a kick, a tang, a genuine taste. They are like olives. The taste may be strong and bittersweet. The flavour lasts. You cultivate a taste for them. NO one ever developed a taste for diluted wine ~ Bruce Lee,

745:Insight is not a quality that comes naturally, rather it is a characteristic that is nurtured through intelligent decision-making. It was through the process of applying his intelligence that Bruce developed deep insights into living the Tao of gung fu. He made passionate inquiry into every aspect of living the martial way, he respected traditional beliefs, but was not bound by unexamined tradition, he created his own philosophical outlook on life, and lived it and breathed it every moment of every day— ~ Bruce Lee,

746:On learning. — Learning is discovery, the discovery of the cause of our ignorance. However, the best way of learning is not the computation of information. Learning is discovering, uncovering what is there in us. When we discover, we are uncovering our own ability, our own eyes, in order to find our potential, to see what is going on, to discover how we can enlarge our lives, to find means at our disposal that will let us cope with a difficult situation. And all this, I maintain, is taking place in the here and now. ~ Bruce Lee,

747:When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body. ~ Bruce Lee,

748:The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather in our head. All concepts of self-improvement, all actions and paths we take, relate solely to our abstract image of ourselves. Life is limited only by how we really see ourselves and feel about our being. A great deal of pure self-knowledge and inner understanding allows us to lay an all-important foundation for the structure of our life from which we can perceive and take the right avenues. ~ Bruce Lee,

749:There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power -- God, history, fate, nation, or humanity. ~ Bruce Lee,

750:So what do we do?” He’s quiet a moment. “Can you swim?” “What? No.” “Shit.” “We can’t just jump in the ocean, Kenji—” “Well it’s not like we can fly.” “Maybe we can fight them?” “Are you out of your goddamn mind? You think we can take on two hundred soldiers? I know I am an extremely attractive man, J, but I am not Bruce Lee.” “Who’s Bruce Lee?” “Who’s Bruce Lee?” Kenji asks, horrified. “Oh my God. We can’t even be friends anymore.” “Why? Was he a friend of yours?” “You know what,” he says, “just stop. Just—I can’t even talk to you right now. ~ Anonymous,

751:forces. What utter treachery!” Hitler then makes misleading statements about how he and Mussolini had agreed to defend Sicily. The Fuehrer also offers a backhanded apology to the Japanese for allowing a large amount of the Italian Navy to fall into Allied hands. However, it is Hitler’s current plan for the defense of Italy that interests Washington. Oshima quotes him on this as saying: “[The Allies] have two courses: either they will go north in Italy or they will try to land in the Balkans. I am inclined to believe they will take the latter course. I ~ Bruce Lee,

752:Finally, a Jeet Kune Do man who says Jeet Kune Do is exclusively Jeet Kune Do is simply not with it. He is still hung up on his self-closing resistance, in this case anchored down to reactionary pattern, and naturally is still bound by another modified pattern and can move within its limits. He has not digested the simple fact that truth exists outside all molds; pattern and awareness is never exclusive. Again let me remind you Jeet Kune Do is just a name used, a boat to get one across, and once across it is to be discarded and not to be carried on one's back. ~ Bruce Lee,

753:The Western approach to reality is mostly through theory, and theory begins by denying reality - to talk about reality, to go around reality, to catch anything that attracts our sense-intellect and abstract it away from reality itself. Thus philosophy begins by saying that the outside world is not a basic fact, that its existence can be doubted and that every proposition in which the reality of the outside world is affirmed is not an evident proposition but one that needs to be divided, dissected and analyzed. It is to stand consciously aside and try to square a circle. ~ Bruce Lee,

754:How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way, a definite path, but not to that which is living. Do not reduce reality to a static thing and then invent methods to reach it. ...Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. It has no resting place, no form, no organized institution, no philosophy. When you see that, you will understand that this living thing is also what you are. You cannot express and be alive through static, put-together form, through stylized movement. ~ Bruce Lee,

755:Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts from us. But about a decade ago, Hollywood began bringing in a number of our action choreographers, including two from my own stunt crew, where they became martial arts directors. Now, a decade later, Hollywood has learned it all, so when you look at the action films they're making now, they all use our action, our martial arts, and then add to that their own technology which is ten times better than ours, and it has to leave us dumbfounded: how did they film that? ~ Jackie Chan,

756:Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we cling blindly to them, we shall eventually become bound by their limitations. Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. If somebody attacks you, your response is not Technique No.1, Stance No. 2, Section 4, Paragraph 5. Instead you simply move in like sound and echo, without any deliberation. It is as though when I call you, you answer me, or when I throw you something, you catch it. It's as simple as that - no fuss, no mess. ~ Bruce Lee,

757:As Bruce Lee famously said, “Under duress, we do not rise to our expectations, but fall to our level of training.” Hundreds of years of living in a context designed by pillagers of the land and captors of people—without sufficient intervention—naturally establishes the curriculum of the training to which we fall. Our methodologies are forged within the default mindset of colonization, capitalism-as-religion, corporation-as-demigod, domination over people and planet, winner take all, rape and plunder as spoils of victory, human and natural resources taken as objects of subjugation to the land-owning, resource-controlling, very, very privileged few. ~ Angel Kyodo Williams,

758:To Bruce Lee, philosophy was not the professional playground of academics, but every human being’s gateway to the greatest adventure of the human spirit. It illuminated the frontiers of human possibility and obliterated the shadows of doubt and insecurity. Unlike others, content to follow, Bruce Lee insisted upon charting his own course toward truth, and he encouraged those who wished to share his insights to do likewise. While Lee was a champion of individual rights and individual development, both of which stress the sovereignty of the individual as an end in himself, he also spoke to something deeper—the commonality of all human beings and the removal of such artificial barriers to true brotherhood as nationality, ethnicity, and class structure, so that human beings could live together peaceably as independent equals. Bruce Lee rejected blind obedience to ~ Bruce Lee,

759:The empty-mindedness of chi sao applies to all activities we may perform, such as dancing. If the dancer has any idea at all of displaying his art well, he ceases to be a good dancer, for his mind stops with every movement he goes through. In all things, it is important to forget your mind and become one with the work at hand. When the mind is tied up, it feels inhibited in every move it makes and nothing will be accomplished with any sense of spontaneity. The wheel revolves when it is not too tightly attached to the axle. When it is too tight, it will never move on. As the Zen saying goes: “Into a soul absolutely free from thoughts and emotion, even the tiger finds no room to insert its fierce claws.” In chi sao the mind is devoid of all fear, inferiority complexes, viscous feeling, etc., and is free from all forms of attachment, and it is master of itself, it knows no hindrances, no inhibitions, no stoppages, no clogging, no stickiness. It then follows its own course like water; it is like the wind that blows where it lists. ~ Bruce Lee,

760:Do not localize your attention Not to localize or partialize the mind is the end of spiritual training. When it is nowhere it is everywhere. When it occupies one tenth, it is absent in the other nine tenths. Let the gung fu man discipline himself to have the mind go on its own way, instead of trying deliberately to confine it somewhere. Therefore, during chi sao, you should have nothing purposely designed, nothing consciously calculated, no anticipation, no expectation. In short, you should be standing there like a dead man. To be conscious is characteristic of the human mind as distinguished from the mind of the lower animals. But when the mind becomes conscious of its doings, it ceases to be instinctual and its commands are colored with calculations and deliberations—which means that the connection between itself and the limbs is no longer direct because the identity of the commander and his executive agent is lost. When dualism (yang against yang) takes place, the whole personality never comes out as it is in itself (letting go itself from itself). ~ Bruce Lee,

761:The hamster friend said being able to do front rolls didn't make the hamster as good as Bruce Lee, which was not a true statement and not an untrue statement, because the word 'good' is meaningless until defined within a context and a goal, and hamsters when enjoying the company of other hamsters rarely define or think about contexts and goals, because to do so would make them aware of certain things about the universe that would make them feel a kind of emptiness or 'neutrality of emotion' that is usually desirable only in situations where the hamster wants to stop his or her self-perpetuating cycle of negative thinking, in order to fight severe depression or crippling loneliness.

In a situation of severe depression or crippling loneliness caused by a period of time of uncontrollable negative thinking this 'kind of emptiness'--effected by an understanding (of the arbitrary nature of the universe) that is attained by thinking comprehensively about context, goals, and meaning--can be used to neutralize the hamster's automatic and self-perpetuating pattern of negative thoughts, at which point the hamster can form new thoughts, that will cause new behaviors, that will cause new patterns of thought, with which the hamster can better function in life and in relationships with other hamsters. ~ Tao Lin,

762:Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.” I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.” He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it. ” I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.” So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,”—and we’re still running—“if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, ‘“Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level. ~ Bruce Lee,

763:The following week I stayed home. After spending many hours of meditation and practice, I gave up and went sailing alone in a junk. On the sea I thought of all my past training and got mad at myself and punched the water! Right then—at that moment—a thought suddenly struck me; was not this water the very essence of gung fu? Hadn’t this water just now illustrated to me the principle of gung fu? I struck it but it did not suffer hurt. Again I struck it with all of my might—yet it was not wounded! I then tried to grasp a handful of it but this proved impossible. This water, the softest substance in the world and what could be contained in the smallest jar, only seemed weak. In reality, it could penetrate the hardest substance in the world. That was it! I wanted to be like the nature of water. Suddenly a bird flew by and cast it’s reflection on the water. Right then as I was absorbing myself with the lesson of the water, another mystic sense of hidden meaning revealed itself to me; should not the thoughts and emotions I had when in front of an opponent pass like the reflection of the bird flying over the water? This was exactly what Professor Yip meant by being detached—not being without emotion or feeling, but being one in whom feeling was not sticky or blocked. Therefore in order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature. I lay on the boat and felt that I had united with Tao; I had become one with nature. I just laid there and let the boat drift freely according to its own will. For at that moment I had achieved a state of inner feeling in which opposition had become mutually cooperative instead of mutually exclusive, in which there was no longer any conflict in my mind. The whole world to me was as one. ~ Bruce Lee,

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