With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Bruce Lee More Quotes by Bruce Lee More Quotes From Bruce Lee From form to formless and from finite to infinite Bruce Lee finite infinite form There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power -- God, history, fate, nation, or humanity. Bruce Lee powerful strong responsibility Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationships to man. He then becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing. Bruce Lee real doe men The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun. Bruce Lee possibility song looks Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. Bruce Lee mastery powerful reality Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. Bruce Lee mastery art moving I don't believe in getting something for nothing. Bruce Lee dont-believe believe 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. Bruce Lee opponents overcoming art The success of an assailant's attack depends on surprise, and if you're sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful. Bruce Lee halfway surprise successful As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand. Bruce Lee confidence spiritual faith The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. Bruce Lee martial-arts truth-is patterns Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. Bruce Lee limitation way To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves. Bruce Lee contemplating maintaining distance We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate. Bruce Lee insecurity roots people Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being. Bruce Lee individual self art Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. Bruce Lee philosophical judging motivational Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare the student for actual combat. A guy could get clobbered while getting into this classical mess. Classical methods like these, which I consider a form of paralysis, only solidify and constrain what was once fluid. Their practitioners are merely blindly rehearsing routines and stunts that will lead nowhere. Bruce Lee too-much guy students Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. Bruce Lee simplicity form expression I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times. Bruce Lee he-man practice men Obey the principles without being bound by them. Bruce Lee martial-artist martial-arts principles
