Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own. Bruce Lee More Quotes by Bruce Lee More Quotes From Bruce Lee We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create Bruce Lee certitude standing-alone Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. Bruce Lee wholeheartedly sincerely mean Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve. Bruce Lee mold growth inspirational To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth. Bruce Lee sith temporary-defeat art Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. Bruce Lee openness flow moments The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. Bruce Lee simplicity design running All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body. Bruce Lee determination self art Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended. Bruce Lee easily-offended offended trouble When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body. Bruce Lee stars moon compassion Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. Bruce Lee echoes mirrors moving We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement. Bruce Lee energy devotion needs Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end. Bruce Lee learning powerful knowing Ultimately the greatest help is self-help. Bruce Lee powerful self helping It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person. Bruce Lee inspiring motivational people Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it. Bruce Lee disease technique mind You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. Bruce Lee opponents obsession determination Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude. Bruce Lee block stones attitude If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you. Bruce Lee swimming land water All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge. Bruce Lee type self mean Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion Bruce Lee inquiry understanding perception
