“Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.”
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Bruce Lee
“Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away. Pleasure is the flower that fades, remembrance is the lasting perfume. Remembrances last longer than present realities; I have preserved blossoms for many years, but never fruits.”
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Bruce Lee
“Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.”
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Bruce Lee
“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.”
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Bruce Lee
“...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge?...to put the heart of martial arts inyour own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that you will know that there are no limits.”
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Bruce Lee
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
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Bruce Lee
“Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.”
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Bruce Lee
“The aim of education. — Education: to discover but not merely to imitate. Learning techniques without inward experiencing can only lead to superficiality.”
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Bruce Lee
“if you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you will never get it done”
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Bruce Lee
“Don't think. FEEL. It's like a finger pointing at the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of the heavenly glory.”
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Bruce Lee
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
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Bruce Lee
“Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.”
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Bruce Lee
“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.”
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Bruce Lee
“Masters in all branches of art must first be masters in living, for the soul creates everything.”
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Bruce Lee
“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves.
This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image”
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Bruce Lee
