“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
“It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.”
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Bruce Lee
“To free one’s self from preconceived notions, prejudices, and conditioned responses is essential to understanding truth and reality.”
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Bruce Lee
“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“Don't fear failure...in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”
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Bruce Lee
“Goals give life substance. - To strive actively to achieve some goal gives your life meaning and substance.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.”
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Bruce Lee
“Relationship is a process of self-revelation.”
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Bruce Lee
“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.”
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Bruce Lee
“As you think, so shall you become.”
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Bruce Lee
