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What we are after is the ROOT and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds "body feel" and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.

— Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts (2000)

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Part II: On Being Human

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

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Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

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