“Life is something for which there is no answer; it must be understood from moment to moment.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
―
Bruce Lee
“if you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering”
―
Bruce Lee
“The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”
―
Bruce Lee
“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.”
―
Bruce Lee
“The enemy of development is this pain phobia - the unwillingness to do a tiny bit of suffering.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Goals give life substance. - To strive actively to achieve some goal gives your life meaning and substance.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!”
―
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. ”
―
Bruce Lee
“The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.”
―
Bruce Lee
“The essential quality of living life lies simply in the living.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.”
―
Bruce Lee
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
―
Bruce Lee