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Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 10

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Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

Mind, Technique, Disease

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.196, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Art, Mean, Differences

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.21, Tuttle Publishing

If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.

Men, Would Be, Helping

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.72, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Struggle, Routine, Responding

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.186, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Expectations, Done, Sincerity

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.25, Tuttle Publishing

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.

Adversity, Blessing, Routine

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence with Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973”, Tuttle Publishing

Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.

Self, Discipline, Mind

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.371, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Art, Self, Guy

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Truth cannot be structured or confined.

Confined

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.205, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Adversity, Thinking, Prosperity

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.98, Tuttle Publishing

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

Average, Law, Law Of Averages

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.114, Tuttle Publishing

Running water never grows stale.

Running, Water, Stale

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

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

Men, Mma, Moral

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.65, Tuttle Publishing

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.

Judging, Martial Arts Inspirational, Judged

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

Motivational Sports, Powerful, Greatness

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

Understanding, Shadow, Routine

Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

You need emotional content.

Emotional, Needs

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

Art, Self

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.

Men, Style, Boxers

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.

Defense, Causes, Results

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.91, Tuttle Publishing

Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously.

Play, Sparring, Turns

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.

Moving, Moon, Self

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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.

Philosophy, Reality, Together

It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.

Heart, Men, Doe

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.377, Tuttle Publishing

Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

Optimism, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Inspirational

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.120, Tuttle Publishing

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