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Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 17

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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.

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.

Men, Self, Law

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.19, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Men, Style, Serious

Bruce Lee, John R. Little (2000). “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.204, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Real, Creativity, Expression

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.11, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Art, Lying, Mean

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.

Inspirational, Morning, Men

Here I am as a human being...how can I express myself, totally and completely?

Here I Am, Humans, Human Beings

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.60, Tuttle Publishing

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Life, Motivational, Memories

"Fictional character: Bruce Lee". "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", www.imdb.com. 1993.

Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.

Negativity, Ease, Way

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

Art, Moving, Mastery

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.5, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Art, Lying, Expression

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

Art, Exercise, Endurance

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

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.

Art, Lying, Cocky

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.

Art, Determination, Self

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.14, Tuttle Publishing

Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead. A sort of indomitable obsessive dedication and the realization that there is no end or limit to this because life is simply an ever-growing process, an ever-renewing process.

Dedication, Realization, Growing

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.

Experts, Done, Levels

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.

Moon, Thinking, Tasks

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.

Patience, Past, Practice

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.

Believe, Law, People

"Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way".

Understand your limitations and capitalize on them.

Limitation

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.

Believe, Hands, Two

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.64, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Students, Advantage, Should

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.296, Tuttle Publishing

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.

Energy, Needs, Devotion

"The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee". Book by John R. Little, p. 126, 1996.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

Men, Creating, Style

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.154, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Body, Abdominals, Action

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.83, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Wind, Alive, Force

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.13, Tuttle Publishing

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