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"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."
"Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe."
"I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life."
"Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere."
"A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off."
"Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum."
"The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world."
"Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow."
"I don't know what is the meaning of death, but I am not afraid to die - and I go on, non-stop, going forward with life. Even though I, Bruce Lee, may die some day without fulfilling all of my ambitions, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do and what I've done, I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life."
"I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed."
"Have no rigid system in you, and you'll be flexible to change with the ever changing."
"We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem."
"Since life is an ever evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself."
"False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words."
"If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today."
"There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value."
"Ultimately the greatest help is self-help."
"Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite--there is nothing which it excludes or opposes. It is living void, because all forms come out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all beings."
"To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius."
"To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, settle on the creative ideas."