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“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”

Bruce Lee

As quoted in "From Wing Chun to Jeet Kune Do" by Jesse R. Glover in Black Belt Vol. 31, No. 9 (September 1993), p. 35

“Using no way as way; Having no limitation as limitation.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Variant: Using no way as way; Having no limitation as limitation.
Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Source: The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996), p. 112, "To further emphasize this principle [of transcending all styles and forms], Lee placed Chinese characters around the circumference of his jeet kune do emblem that read"

“The word "superstar" is an ilusion”

Bruce Lee

“water is fearless, you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a teapot it becomes the teapot, water can flow drip, creap, or crash!”

Bruce Lee

“Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.”

Bruce Lee

Variant: Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 46

“Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!”

Bruce Lee

“If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.”

Bruce Lee

“Relationship is understanding. It is a process of self-revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself -- to be is to be related.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Source: 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 book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Variant: All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Possession of anything begins in the mind.”

Bruce Lee

Part 6 "Beyond System — The Ultimate Source of Jeet Kune Do"
Jeet Kune Do (1997)

“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 book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.”

Bruce Lee

“Don't think, feel…. it is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!”

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon (1973); In a training session with one of the temple students.
Variant: Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
Source: Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.”

Bruce Lee book Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition”

Bruce Lee

Source: Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living