“The principle of martial arts is not something that can be learned like a science by fact-finding or instruction. It must grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.”Bruce Lee
“Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.”Bruce Lee
“Do not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. Start with simple movements; if they don’t work, introduce more complex ones.”Bruce Lee
“Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!”Bruce Lee
“Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard. The effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice.”Bruce Lee
“Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.”Bruce Lee
“I'm not a master. I'm a student-master — I have the knowledge and the expertise of a master, yet I'm still learning. I don't believe in the word 'master'; I consider someone a master only when they close the casket.”Bruce Lee
“The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.”Bruce Lee
“If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.”Bruce Lee
“Zen is not 'attained' by mirror-wiping meditation, but by 'self-forgetfulness in the existential present of life here and now.' We do not 'come'; we 'are.' Don't strive to become; be.”Bruce Lee
“For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is moving and living.”Bruce Lee
“If there is always light, you don't experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.”Bruce Lee
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water into a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip, and it can crash. Become like water, my friend.”Bruce Lee
“A self-willed man obeys a different law — the human law in himself, his own individual will.”Bruce Lee
“If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.”Bruce Lee
“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; when he contracts, I expand. When there is an opportunity, I do not hit — it hits by itself.”Bruce Lee
“Because one does not want to be disturbed or made uncertain, they establish a pattern of conduct, a pattern of thought, a pattern of relationships to others. Then they become a slave to the pattern and take the pattern to be the real thing.”Bruce Lee
