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An Intelligent Mind Is An Inquiring Mind. It Is Not Satisfied With Explanation, With Conclusions. Nor Is It A Mind That Believes, Because Belief Is Again Another Form Of Conclusion.

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An Intelligent Mind Is

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An Intelligent Mind Is An Inquiring Mind. It Is Not Satisfied With Explanation, With Conclusions. Nor Is It A Mind That Believes, Because Belief Is Again Another Form Of Conclusion.

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False Teachers Of The Way Of Life Use Flowery Words.

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The Past Is An Illusion. You Must Learn To Live In The Present And Accept Yourself For What You Are Now. What You Lack In Flexibility And Agility You Must Make Up With Knowledge And Constant Practice.

I Think Of Myself As A Human Being.

If I Should Die Tomorrow, I Will Have No Regrets. I Did What I Wanted To Do. You Can't Expect More From Life.

We Have Great Work Ahead Of Us, And It Needs Devotion And Much, Much Energy. To Grow, To Discover, We Need Involvement.

You Need Emotional Content.

Having Totality Means Being Capable Of Following "what Is," Because "what Is" Is Constantly Moving And Constantly Changing. If One Is Anchored To A Particular View, One Will Not Be Able To Follow The Swift Movement Of "what Is.

There Are No Limits. There Are Only Plateaus, And You Must Not Stay There, You Must Go Beyond Them.

If You Knew You Had To Fight For Your Life Tomorrow, Would You Change Your Training Today?

Fluidity Is The Way To An Empty Mind. You Must Free Your Ambitious Mind And Learn The Art Of Dying.

As You Think, So Shall You Become.

To Me Defeat In Anything Is Merely Temporary. Defeat Simply Tells Me That Something Is Wrong In My Doing; It Is A Path Leading To Success And Truth.

Temporary Defeat

Once I Slow Down Because I Think I Have Reached My Peak, Then My Skills Will Go Nowhere But Down

One Rule Is To Not Use Complicated Techniques Unless They Are Necessary To Achieve Your Goal. First, Use Simple Movements, And If They Don't Work, Then Introduce The More Complex Ones.

We Should Devote Ourselves To Being Self-sufficient And Must Not Depend Upon The External Ratings By Others For Our Happiness.

To Know Oneself Is To Study Oneself In Action With Another Person.

Jeet Kune Do: It's Just A Name; Don't Fuss Over It. There's No Such Thing As A Style If You Understand The Roots Of Combat.

When One Has No Form, One Can Be All Forms.

Its Not What Happens That Counts... It's How You React.

Concentration Is The Root Of All The Higher Abilities In Man.

Ever Since I Was A Child I Have Had This Instinctive Urge For Expansion And Growth.

Art Reaches Its Greatest Peak When Devoid Of Self-consciousness. Freedom Discovers Man The Moment He Loses Concern Over What Impression He Is Making Or About To Make.

Do Not Allow Negative Thoughts To Enter Your Mind For They Are The Weeds That Strange Confidence.

Remember, You Are Expressing The Techniques And Not Doing The Techniques.

I Fear Not The Man Who Has Practiced 10,000 Kicks Once, But I Fear The Man Who Has Practiced One Kick 10,000 Times.

Empty Your Cup So That It May Be Filled; Become Devoid To Gain Totality.

Too Much Horsing Around With Unrealistic Stances And Classic Forms And Rituals Is Just Too Artificial And Mechanical, And Doesn't Really Prepare The Student For Actual Combat. A Guy Could Get Clobbered While Getting Into This Classical Mess. Classical Methods Like These, Which I Consider A Form Of Paralysis, Only Solidify And Constrain What Was Once Fluid. Their Practitioners Are Merely Blindly Rehearsing Routines And Stunts That Will Lead Nowhere.

We Do Not Become. We Simply Are.

It's The Law Of Averages: Put In More, Come Out With More.

Law Of Averages

There Are No Limits. If It Kills You, It Kills You. A Man Must Constantly Exceed His Level.

The Athlete Who Is Building Muscles Though Weight Training Should Be Very Sure To Work Adequately On Speed And Flexibility At The Same Time. In Combat, Without The Prior Attributes, A Strong Man Will Be Like The Bull With Its Colossal Strength Futilely Pursuing The Matador Or Like A Low-geared Truck Chasing A Rabbit.

A Quality Martial Artist Is Always Ready For Any Move, And Trains Oneself Invincible.

There's So Much Myth And Baloney. Like A 80-year-old Man Able To Manhandle A 300-pounder With His Little Finger. Ridiculous. Or This Matter Of Breaking Bricks And Boards Wth The Edge Of Your Hand. Now I Ask You, Did You Ever See A Brick Or A Board Pick A Fight With Anybody?

The Future Looks Extremely Bright Indeed, With Lots Of Possibilities Ahead -- Big Possibilities. Like The Song Says, We've Just Begun.

Can You Look At A Situation Without Naming It? Naming It, Making It A Word, Causes Fear.

Believe Me That In Every Big Thing Or Achievement There Are Always Obstacles-big Or Small- And The Reaction One Shows To Such Obstacles Is What Counts, Not The Obstacle Itself.

Voidness Is That Which Stands Right In The Middle Between This And That.

The Meaning Of Life Is That It Is To Be Lived, And It Is Not To Be Traded And Conceptualized And Squeezed Into A Patter Of Systems.

Meaning Of Life

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