Quotes by Bruce Lee

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.

Im moving and not moving at all. Im like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, I am doing this, but rather, an inner realization that this is happening through me, or it is doing this for me. The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

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

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.

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

Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else; itll spread over into the rest of your life. Itll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being... There are NO limits. There are plateus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

In Life There are No Limits, Only Plateaus.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into ones own being - these are synonymous.

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when youre tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, youll never get it done.

Not being tense but ready.Not thinking but not dreaming.Not being set but flexible.Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement.It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

You just wait. Im going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.