Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.

Bruce Lee

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Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.

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It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.

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Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. by Bruce Lee

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

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There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live wi... by Bruce Lee

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

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To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time , for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness care for watching, but don't stop and interpret "I am free," then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before.

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If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.

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Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

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If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.

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The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is plant... by Bruce Lee

The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow.

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To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

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I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.

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The word "superstar" is an ilusion by Bruce Lee

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

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The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.

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A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth. by Bruce Lee

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

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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.

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Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

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Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception.

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The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.

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To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow.

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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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