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There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing.
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)
All of his classical techniques and standard styles are minimized, if not wiped out, and nothingness prevails. He is no longer confined.
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)
True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
Running water never grows stale. So you just have to 'keep on flowing.
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)
Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain.
Neither. I think of myself as a human being.
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)
The primary reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
What you HABITUALLY THINK largely determines what you will ultimately become.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
Jeet Kune Do rejects all restrictions imposed by form and formality and emphasizes the clever use of the mind and body to defend and attack.
Jeet Kune Do (1997)
Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.
Jeet Kune Do (1997)
Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, unrhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
Possession of anything begins in the mind.
Jeet Kune Do (1997)
Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people — because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it — I don't care how good you are.
Bruce Lee interview on the Pierre Berton Show (1971)
Meaning is found in relationship. — Meaning is the relationship of the foreground figure to the background.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. — There is "what is" only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.
Striking Thoughts (2000)
The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
Jeet Kune Do (1997)
Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing.
Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
Jeet Kune Do (1997)