“To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom.”
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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.”
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Bruce Lee
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”
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Bruce Lee
“Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.”
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Bruce Lee
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.”
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Bruce Lee
“The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.”
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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
“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
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
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Bruce Lee
“Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.”
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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
“Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself.”
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Bruce Lee
“When the ultimate perfection is attained, the body and limbs perform by themselves what is assigned to them to do with no interference from the mind.
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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
“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
