Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
“Where some people have a self, most people have a void, because they are too busy in wasting their vital creative energy… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Life is better lived than conceptualized. — This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Finally, a Jeet Kune Do man who says Jeet Kune Do is exclusively Jeet Kune Do is simply not with it. He… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart. — Bruce Lee Copy Share
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is… — Bruce Lee Copy Share
Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity. — Bruce Lee Copy Share
