"Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end."
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Bruce Lee was a martial artist and philosopher known for his revolutionary impact on martial arts and his advocacy for personal expression.
- Born
- November 27, 1940
- Died
- July 20, 1973
- Quotes
- 496
- Rank
- #31
Quote collection
Bruce Lee quotes (page 18 of 25)
496 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Success is not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey."
"It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more."
"It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man."
"My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting."
"Boards don't hit back."
"Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."
"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."
"Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier."
"We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement."
"What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?"
"Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous."
"To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to "this is this" or "that is that." I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on."
"The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible."
"Willing is not enough, one must apply."
"Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself."
"Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization . That way, it's a process of continuing growth."
"Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up."
"The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being"
"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."