“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 key to liberation is within. — Each man binds himself; the fetters are ignorance, laziness, preoccupation with self, and fear. He must liberate himself, while accepting the fact that we are of this world, so that “In summer we sweat; in winter we shiver.”
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Bruce Lee
“Life is something for which there is no answer; it must be understood from moment to moment.”
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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. ”
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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
“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
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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Bruce Lee
“Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for a difficult on with the strength to endure it.”
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Bruce Lee
“Boards, don't hit back. ~Bruce Lee”
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Bruce Lee
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
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Bruce Lee
“The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Stay curious.”
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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
“The disease of philosophy. - Philosophy is itself the disease for which it pretends to be the cure: the wise man does not pursue wisdom but lives his life, and therein precisely does his wisdom lie.”
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Bruce Lee
“Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot”
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Bruce Lee
