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Quotes from The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee — Bruce Lee

1940–1973 United States

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The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire — soon it will go out.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

Whether or not we can get together, remember well that art “lives” where absolute freedom is.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

Because I will conquer death with death.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

What can you take from me which is not already yours?

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

Of course you’re there. Death is always there.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

Using no way as way; Having no limitation as limitation.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

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)

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)

Running water never grows stale. So you just have to 'keep on flowing.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

Neither. I think of myself as a human being.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

I have changed from self-image actualization to self-actualization, from blindly following propaganda, organized truths, etc. to searching internally for the cause of my ignorance.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

You must have complete determination.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day — sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

To be perfectly frank, I really do not.

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

In Jeet Kune Do, it’s not how much you have learned, but how much you have absorbed from what you have learned. It is not how much fixed knowledge you can accumulate, but what you can apply livingly that counts. ‘Being’ is more valued than "doing".

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bruce Lee (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.