“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself—that, my friend, is very hard to do.”
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Bruce Lee
“Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.”
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Bruce Lee
“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”
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Bruce Lee
“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ”
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Bruce Lee
“Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit.”
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Bruce Lee
“If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. ”
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Bruce Lee
“Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.”
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Bruce Lee
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”
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Bruce Lee
