Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.
I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.
I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life.
Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.
Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
You need emotional content.
One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.
When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style.
To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.
To live is to express oneself freely
The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun.
Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.
To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe.
A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.
Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility.
The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.
The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth.
A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.
It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.
I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket.
Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.
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