Bruce Lee’s philosophical quotes
People are at their worst when they don’t understand themselves.
All forms of knowledge ultimately mean self-knowledge.
Self-awareness and self-knowledge are the foundation of Jeet Kune Do. Its function and effectiveness are not only in the achievement of personal martial arts attainments, but also in enabling people to survive as a truly living person.
When learning skills, you will also grow in wisdom, and you must also learn and understand the philosophies of Zen and Jeet Kune Do.
Everything needs to be true, everything is empty.
Life is a process of constant connection. We must break the shell that isolates us from the outside world. To step out of it and find the truth is to directly contact the outside world. I will neither blindly follow you nor influence you. So don't think, "This is this", "That is that". I would be more satisfied if you started studying everything from reality.
I can’t teach you, I can only help you study yourself. Nothing special.
Just knowing is not enough, you must apply it; just hoping is not enough, you must do it.
Is it important to teach a person to do what he can do and just be himself? I am opposed to imposing a certain style on someone. It is an art, an art of self-expression.
As time goes by, heroes will die like ordinary people and will slowly disappear from people's memories. And we are still alive. We have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves, and express ourselves.
Keep your ethereal heart, formless and helpless, just like water. When water is poured into a cup, it becomes the shape of a cup; when poured into a bottle, it becomes the shape of a bottle; when poured into a teapot, it becomes the shape of a teapot. And water can carry a boat and also capsize it. Be like water, my friend.
Empty your cup before you can fill it again. Empty is the only way to fill it.
A true teacher, a true warrior, should never be a giver of truth, he should be a guide, a guide on the road to truth. , and the truth must be discovered by the students themselves.
When I was a child, I could feel my body growing. Today, many years later, I finally understand the difference between true self-actualization and fantasy self-actualization. After my observation, I am convinced that only by studying yourself seriously with a sincere attitude can you truly achieve self-realization.
I hope that everyone can truly achieve self-realization, not fantasy self-realization. I hope everyone can sincerely find their true self.
This is an era of great change, an era of great passion! We can never adapt to new things, but we must prove our worth and affirm our existence, all the time.
The reason why I choose to read philosophy is because philosophy will tell you why you live.
How it is impossible for a person to reflect the whole in a partial and fragmentary form.
Reporter: Do you think you are a Hong Konger or a Chinese?
Bruce Lee: I think so, I am a human being. I don’t want to be docile about what Confucius said, but there is only one family in the world, but everyone is very different.
When carving a statue, the sculptor cannot add to the statue. In fact, when sculpting, the non-essential things are chiseled away from the beginning.
That is to say, they are all bound by some form of restraint that they only know! True observation can only be obtained after giving up the form, and true free opinions can only occur outside the system. .
Boxing is not (just a) method of disability, but a great road, a broad road towards the pursuit of the true meaning of life.
"Self-help"? Through my personal experience and experience, there is no power in the world more powerful than "self-help"!
It takes a lifetime to know yourself.
(Quoted from "Bruce Lee: The Artist of Life" p.13)
Stirring the sludge is in vain, the turbid water will not become clear, it will only become muddier; if you leave it alone, it will become clear. As the saying goes, those who are pure will themselves be pure. ;