“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
“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 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
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“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”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.”
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Bruce Lee
“Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for a difficult on with the strength to endure it.”
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Bruce Lee
“Life is something for which there is no answer; it must be understood from moment to moment.”
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Bruce Lee
“All these years later, people still wonder about how Bruce died. I prefer to remember how he lived. ”
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Bruce Lee
“Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.”
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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
