Bruce Lee: Trending quotes
Bruce Lee trending quotes. Read the latest quotes in collection“Seek to understand the root.”
It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 11
I couldn't live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 13
“Conditioning obstructs our view of reality.”
We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 19
“Liberate yourself from concepts and see the truth with your own eyes.”
It exists HERE and NOW; it requires only one thing to see it: openness, freedom — the freedom to be open and not tethered by any ideas, concepts, etc. … When our mind is tranquil, there will be an occasional pause to its feverish activities, there will be a let-go, and it is only then in the interval between two thoughts that a flash of UNDERSTANDING — understanding, which is not thought — can take place.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 43
“Balance your thoughts with action.”
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 43
“Concepts vs. self-actualization.”
Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 44
Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 121
Source: The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996), p. 156
As quoted in Bruce Lee: Artist of Life (1999) edited by John R. Little, p. 192
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“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.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 120
“The change is from inner to outer.”
We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 120
“Cease negative mental chattering.”
If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 121