“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Experiencing is believing. - A fat belly cannot believe that such a thing as hunger exists.”
―
Bruce Lee
“To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself—that, my friend, is very hard to do.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Masters in all branches of art must first be masters in living, for the soul creates everything.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease, when the mind is obsessed with it.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”
―
Bruce Lee
“The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Ricorda, amico mio, che non è tanto importante quello che ti succede, ma come reagisci agli eventi.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.”
―
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.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
―
Bruce Lee
