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Bruce Lee quotes

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“Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“A conditioned mind is never a free mind.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself — to be is to be related.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Relationship is understanding.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Knowledge comes from a source, from an accumulation, from a conclusion, while knowing is a movement.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be...” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“It's not daily increase but daily decrease—hack away the unessentials!” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch; kick when you have to kick.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Not being tense but ready, not thinking yet not dreaming, not being set but flexible — it is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“To see a thing uncolored by one's own personal preferences and desires is to see it in its own pristine simplicity.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest itself.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branches or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow — you are not understanding yourself.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Do not deny the classical approach simply as a reaction, for you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Thus, isness is the meaning — having freedom in its primary sense, not limited by attachments, confinements, partialization, complexities.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

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