--- title: "22 Mean Quotes By Bruce Lee" description: "22 Mean quotes by Bruce Lee. Plus more from Bruce Lee and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bruce-lee-430_knowledge_all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-s_2861158.jpg" --- > [All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-self-knowledge/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bruce-lee-430_knowledge_all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-s_2861158.jpg) > [I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-m-a-philosophy-major-that-means-i-can-think-deep-thoughts-about/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/bruce-lee-430_college_i-m-a-philosophy-major-that-means-i-can_755761.jpg) > [After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/after-all-all-knowledge-simply-means-self-knowledge/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/bruce-lee-430_mean_after-all-all-knowledge-simply-means-sel_2060213.jpg) > [Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/success-means-doing-something-sincerely-and-wholeheartedly/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/bruce-lee-430_inspirational_success-means-doing-something-sincerely_364155.jpg) > [To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-me-ultimately-martial-arts-means-honestly-expressing-yourself/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/bruce-lee-430_art_to-me-ultimately-martial-arts-means-hone_2670738.jpg) > [All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/all-goals-apart-from-the-means-are-illusions-becoming-is-a-denial-of/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/bruce-lee-430_becoming_all-goals-apart-from-the-means-are-illus_2645140.jpg) > [Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/time-means-a-lot-to-me-because-you-see-i-too-am-also-a-learner-and-am/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/bruce-lee-430_developing_time-means-a-lot-to-me-because-you-see-i_3199566.jpg) > [Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/sincere-thought-means-thought-of-concentration-quiet-awareness-the/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/bruce-lee-430_awareness_sincere-thought-means-thought-of-concent_1378491.jpg) > [Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/where-there-is-no-style-there-is-no-slave-martial-arts-mean-honestly/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/bruce-lee-430_art_where-there-is-no-style-there-is-no-slav_2431508.jpg) > [One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/one-should-be-in-harmony-with-not-in-opposition-to-the-strength-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/bruce-lee-430_flexibility_one-should-be-in-harmony-with-not-in-opp_2232420.jpg) > [...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/good-technique-includes-quick-changes-great-variety-and-speed-it-may-2/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/bruce-lee-430_art_good-technique-includes-quick-changes-gr_2005510.jpg) > [The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-attitude-you-can-win-if-you-want-to-badly-enough-means-that-the/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/bruce-lee-430_amount_the-attitude-you-can-win-if-you-want-to_2930422.jpg) > [Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/success-only-means-doing-something-sincerely-and-wholeheartedly-i/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_age_success-only-means-doing-something-since_2564876.jpg) > [Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/concepts-vs-self-actualization-instead-of-dedicating-your-life-to/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/bruce-lee-430_actualization_concepts-vs-self-actualization-instead-o_1105836.jpg) > [You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/you-know-what-i-want-to-think-of-myself-as-a-human-being-because-i/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/bruce-lee-430_different_you-know-what-i-want-to-think-of-myself_173897.jpg) > [Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/having-totality-means-being-capable-of-following-what-is-because-what/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/bruce-lee-430_able_having-totality-means-being-capable-of-f_2303746.jpg) > [The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-core-of-understanding-lies-in-the-individual-mind-and-until-that/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/bruce-lee-430_art_the-core-of-understanding-lies-in-the-in_1759110.jpg) > [To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-me-ultimately-martial-arts-means-honestly-expressing-yourself-now/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/bruce-lee-430_all-kinds_to-me-ultimately-martial-arts-means-hone_378684.jpg) > [The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-ideal-is-unnatural-naturalness-or-natural-unnaturalness-i-mean-it/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/bruce-lee-430_combination_the-ideal-is-unnatural-naturalness-or-na_116897.jpg) > [Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/unfortunately-now-in-boxing-people-are-only-allowed-to-punch-in-judo/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/bruce-lee-430_art_unfortunately-now-in-boxing-people-are-o_1692534.jpg) > [Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/good-technique-includes-quick-changes-great-variety-and-speed-it-may/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/bruce-lee-430_art_good-technique-includes-quick-changes-gr_872685.jpg) > [I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/bruce-lee-430_arms_i-don-t-believe-in-different-ways-of-fig_70265.jpg) ## Other authors on Mean ## 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/mean/bruce-lee/#itemlist", "name": "22 Mean Quotes By Bruce Lee", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-self-knowledge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bruce-lee-430_knowledge_all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-s_2861158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bruce-lee-430_knowledge_all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-s_2861158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bruce-lee-430_knowledge_all-types-of-knowledge-ultimately-mean-s_2861158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a philosophy major. 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