Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 15

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• The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.

  Bruce Lee

  Soul, Unfolding, Interest

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.239, Tuttle Publishing

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• You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

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  Art, Overcoming, Opponents

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.27, Tuttle Publishing

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• 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.

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  Mean, Successful, Men

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• Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is the same as ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man. But when we are still alive, we have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves and express ourselves. In this way, we can progress, but we may not be successful.

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  Life, Success, Memories

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• The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

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  Life, Motivational, Memories

  "Fictional character: Bruce Lee". "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", www.imdb.com. 1993.

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• A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

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  Dream, Fighting, Artist

  "Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", 1973.

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• All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.

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  Mean, Goal, Denial

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Moon

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.92, Tuttle Publishing

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• Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.

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  Art, Philosophical, Self

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.

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  Moving, Mind, Stopping

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• When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win.

  Bruce Lee

  Real, Eye, Fighting

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• Truth cannot be structured or confined.

  Bruce Lee

  Confined

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.205, Tuttle Publishing

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• Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

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  Art, Achievement, Today

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.327, Tuttle Publishing

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• Knowledge , surely, is always of time , whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement.

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  Knowing, Movement, Source

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.9, Tuttle Publishing

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• If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.

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  Philosophical, Thinking, Martial Arts

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

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  "The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee" by John Little, (p. 77), 1996.

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• You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like "As Confucius say," but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different.

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  Mean, Thinking, Sky

  "Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview". Short, Talk-Show, 1994.

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• As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization.

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  Reality, Two, Oneness

  Bruce Lee (1987). “Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self Defense”, p.80, Black Belt Communications

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• All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

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  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.358, Tuttle Publishing

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• True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.

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  Expression, Patterns, Freedom Of Expression

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.123, Tuttle Publishing

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• Belts are only good for holding up your pants

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  Pants, Belts

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• Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day.

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  Training, Energy, Weight

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.51, Tuttle Publishing

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• Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

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  Inspirational, Life, Borders

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.184, Tuttle Publishing

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• The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.

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  Inspirational, Art, Thinking

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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  Fighting, Reality, Greatness

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