“The More we value things, the less we value ourselves”
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Bruce Lee
“Living exists when life lives through us … life is a living now!”
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Bruce Lee
“In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. 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
“Los errores son siempre perdonables, si se tiene la valentía de admitirlos.”
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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
“...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.”
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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
“To understand techniques, you must learn that they contain a lot of condensed movement.”
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Bruce Lee
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.”
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Bruce Lee
“If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.”
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Bruce Lee
“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
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Bruce Lee
“Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.”
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Bruce Lee
“To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom.”
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Bruce Lee
“Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.”
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Bruce Lee
“Ricorda, amico mio, che non è tanto importante quello che ti succede, ma come reagisci agli eventi.”
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Bruce Lee
