“The possession of anything begins in the mind.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”
―
Bruce Lee
“There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.”
―
Bruce Lee
“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”
―
Bruce Lee
“If you always put limits 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.”
―
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.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to man etc. Then he becomes a slave to the patter and takes the pattern to be the real thing.”
―
Bruce Lee
“The aim of education. — Education: to discover but not merely to imitate. Learning techniques without inward experiencing can only lead to superficiality.”
―
Bruce Lee
“In the middle of chaos lies opportunity
―
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.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
―
Bruce Lee
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Experiencing is believing. - A fat belly cannot believe that such a thing as hunger exists.”
―
Bruce Lee
