--- title: "10 Fixed Quotes By Bruce Lee" description: "10 Fixed quotes by Bruce Lee. Plus more from Bruce Lee and more Fixed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/bruce-lee-430_ability-to-adapt_the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patter_1504952.jpg" --- > [The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patterns/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/bruce-lee-430_ability-to-adapt_the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patter_1504952.jpg) > [Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always-in-a-process-of-becoming-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_614090.jpg) > [For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead-there-can-be-a-way-or-a/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/bruce-lee-430_definite_for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead_809297.jpg) > [Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/learning-is-definitely-not-mere-imitation-nor-is-it-the-ability-to/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/bruce-lee-430_ability_learning-is-definitely-not-mere-imitatio_2595481.jpg) > [I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-believe-in-teaching-just-a-few-students-as-teaching-requires-a/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/bruce-lee-430_adapting_i-believe-in-teaching-just-a-few-student_1163969.jpg) > [I believe in having a few pupils at one time as it requires a constant alert observation of each individual in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-believe-in-having-a-few-pupils-at-one-time-as-it-requires-a/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/bruce-lee-430_adapting_i-believe-in-having-a-few-pupils-at-one_140151.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) > [Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. Have no rigid system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always-in-a-process-of-becoming-and-2/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_2916338.jpg) > [A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-good-teacher-can-never-be-fixed-in-a-routine-each-moment-requires-a/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/bruce-lee-430_adapting_a-good-teacher-can-never-be-fixed-in-a-r_2961015.jpg) > [How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/how-can-there-be-methods-and-systems-to-arrive-at-something-that-is/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/bruce-lee-430_alive_how-can-there-be-methods-and-systems-to_1355464.jpg) ## Other authors on Fixed ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fixed/bruce-lee/#itemlist", "name": "10 Fixed Quotes By Bruce Lee", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patterns/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/bruce-lee-430_ability-to-adapt_the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patter_1504952.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/bruce-lee-430_ability-to-adapt_the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patter_1504952.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/bruce-lee-430_ability-to-adapt_the-truth-is-outside-of-all-fixed-patter_1504952.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always-in-a-process-of-becoming-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_614090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_614090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_614090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead-there-can-be-a-way-or-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/bruce-lee-430_definite_for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead_809297.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/bruce-lee-430_definite_for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead_809297.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/bruce-lee-430_definite_for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead_809297.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that…” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. 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