Quotes from Bruce Lee

Real living is living for others.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

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.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.

we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.