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title: "5 Cups Quotes By Bruce Lee"
description: "5 Cups quotes by Bruce Lee. Plus more from Bruce Lee and more Cups sayings from other authors."
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> [The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-usefulness-of-the-cup-is-its-emptiness/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/bruce-lee-430_art_the-usefulness-of-the-cup-is-its-emptine_52248.jpg)

> [In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/in-order-to-taste-my-cup-of-water-you-must-first-empty-your-cup/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/bruce-lee-430_cups_in-order-to-taste-my-cup-of-water-you-mu_71802.jpg)

> [Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/empty-your-cup-so-that-it-may-be-filled-become-devoid-to-gain-totality/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/bruce-lee-430_cups_empty-your-cup-so-that-it-may-be-filled_1448739.jpg)

> [Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/emptiness-the-starting-point-in-order-to-taste-my-cup-of-water-you/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/bruce-lee-430_cups_emptiness-the-starting-point-in-order-to_2197759.jpg)

> [You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/you-must-be-shapeless-formless-like-water-when-you-pour-water-in-a-2/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/bruce-lee-430_cups_you-must-be-shapeless-formless-like-wate_2672002.jpg)

## Other authors on Cups

## More by Bruce Lee

> [Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/do-not-like-do-not-dislike-all-will-then-be-clear-make-a-hairbreadth/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-great-mistake-is-to-anticipate-the-outcome-of-the-engagement-you/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-more-aware-you-become-the-more-you-shed-from-day-to-day-what-you/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-usefulness-of-the-cup-is-its-emptiness/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/my-style-you-can-call-it-the-art-of-fighting-without-fighting/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-founder-of-any-branch-must-be-more-ingenious-than-the-common-man/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-don-t-believe-in-different-ways-of-fighting-now-i-mean-unless-human/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [Be a practical dreamer backed by action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/be-a-practical-dreamer-backed-by-action/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/in-order-to-taste-my-cup-of-water-you-must-first-empty-your-cup/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/truth-comes-when-your-mind-and-heart-are-purged-of-all-sense-of/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-person-cannot-forget-someone-who-is-good-to-them/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [The highest art is no art. The highest form is no form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-highest-art-is-no-art-the-highest-form-is-no-form/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-live-is-a-constant-process-of-relating-so-come-on-out-of-that/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-hope-martial-artists-are-more-interested-in-the-root-of-martial/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

> [Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/art-lives-where-absolute-freedom-is-because-where-it-is-not-there-can/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

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