“Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.”
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Bruce Lee
“Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.”
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Bruce Lee
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”
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Bruce Lee
“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.”
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Bruce Lee
“The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”
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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 understand techniques, you must learn that they contain a lot of condensed movement.”
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Bruce Lee
Action is a highroad to self-esteem.”
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Bruce Lee
“All I can tell you is that at the end, there's nothing left but love.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.”
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Bruce Lee
“Relationship is understanding. It is a process of self-revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself -- to be is to be related.”
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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
“Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.”
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Bruce Lee
“There was nothing haphazard about Bruce’s training regime, neither was he particularly “lucky” in having started out with natural physical gifts. The greatest talents that Bruce brought to realizing his dreams were intelligence and curiosity (hand in hand, a powerful combination), dedication and perseverance (stick-to-itiveness even in the face of intervening obstacles), and focus (enjoying the journey as much as the destination).”
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Bruce Lee
