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What We Are After Is The Root And Not The Branches. The Root Is The Real Knowledge; The Branches Are Surface Knowledge. Real Knowledge Breeds 'body Feel' And Personal Expression; Surface Knowledge Breeds Mechanical Conditioning And Imposing Limitation And Squelches Creativity.

You Must Accept The Fact That There Is No Help But Self-help. I Cannot Tell You How To Gain Freedom Since Freedom Exists Within You.

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I Have The Absolute Confidence Not To Be Number Two, But Then I Have Enough Sense To Realize That There Can Be No Number One.

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Art Lives Where Absolute Freedom Is, Because Where It Is Not, There Can Be No Creativity.

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Truth Has No Path. Truth Is Living And, Therefore, Changing. Awareness Is Without Choice, Without Demand, Without Anxiety; In That State Of Mind, There Is Perception. To Know Oneself Is To Study Oneself In Action With Another Person. Awareness Has No Frontier; It Is Giving Of Your Whole Being, Without Exclusion.

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Be Like Water Making Its Way Through Cracks. Do Not Be Assertive, But Adjust To The Object, And You Shall Find A Way Round Or Through It. If Nothing Within You Stays Rigid, Outward Things Will Disclose Themselves.

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I Don't Want To Do Anything Halfway. It Has To Be Perfect.

An Instructor Should Exemplify The Things He Seeks To Teach. It Will Be Of Great Advantage If You Yourself Can Do All You Ask Of Your Students And More.

All Types Of Knowledge, Ultimately Mean Self Knowledge.

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The Core Of Understanding Lies In The Individual Mind, And Until That Is Touched Everything Is Uncertain And Superficial. Truth Cannot Be Perceived Until We Come To Fully Understand Our Potential And Ourselves. After All, Knowledge In The Martial Arts Ultimately Means Self-knowledge.

Maturation Is The Development From Environmental Support To Self-support.

Willing Is Not Enough, One Must Apply.

The Great Mistake Is To Anticipate The Outcome Of The Engagement; You Ought Not To Be Thinking Of Whether It Ends In Victory Or Defeat. Let Nature Take Its Course, And Your Tools Will Strike At The Right Moment.

The Knowledge And Skills You Have Achieved Are Meant To Be Forgotten So You Can Float Comfortably In Emptiness, Without Obstruction.

I Don't Know What Is The Meaning Of Death, But I Am Not Afraid To Die - And I Go On, Non-stop, Going Forward With Life. Even Though I, Bruce Lee, May Die Some Day Without Fulfilling All Of My Ambitions, I Will Have No Regrets. I Did What I Wanted To Do And What I've Done, I've Done With Sincerity And To The Best Of My Ability. You Can't Expect Much More From Life.

It Is True That The Mental Aspect Of Kung-fu Is The Desired End; However, To Achieve This End, Technical Skill Must Come First.

Turn Your Sparring Into Play - But Always Play Seriously.

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

I'm Not In This World To Live Up To Your Expectations And You're Not In This World To Live Up To Mine.

When One Has Reached Maturity In This Art, One Will Have The Formless Form. It Is Like The Dissolving Or Thawing [of] Ice Into Water That Can Shape Itself To Any Structure. When One Has No Form, One Can Be All Forms; When One Has No Style, One Can Fit In With Any Style.

The Usefulness Of The Cup Is Its Emptiness.

Circumstances Hell! I Make Circumstances!

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?

Life Itself Is Your Teacher, And You Are In A State Of Constant Learning.

Art Reaches Its Greatest Peak When Devoid Of Self-consciousn Ess.

Nowadays You Don't Go Around On The Street Kicking People, Punching People - Because If You Do (makes Gun Shape With Hand), Well That's It - I Don't Care How Good You Are.

Understanding Comes About Through Feeling, From Moment To Moment In The Mirror Of Relationship.

Your State Of Mind Is Everything.

Make At Least One Definite Move Daily Toward Your Goal.

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