Bruce Lee Wisdom for the Way compiled by Shannon Lee and edited by Sarah Dzida

The original founder of a style started out with hypothesis. But now it has become the gospel truth, and people who go into that become the product of it. It doesn’t matter how you are, who you are, how you are structured, how you are built or how you are made… it doesn’t seem to matter. You just go in there and be that product. And that, to me, is not right.

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All types of knowledge ultimately mean self-knowledge.

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Whenever I look around, I always learn one thing, and that is: always be yourself… express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate him.

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I don’t know what is the meaning of death, but I am not afraid to die— and I go on, nonstop, going forward. 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.

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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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Subconscious Mind:

Reorganizing the influence of my subconscious mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of my major purpose in life and all minor purposes leading to my major purpose, and I shall keep this picture constantly before my subconscious mind by repeating it daily!

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We shall find the truth when we examine the problem. The problem is never apart from the answer. The problem is the answer— understanding the problem dissolves the problem.

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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. Yet it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents as well.

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Imagination:

Recognizing the need for sound plans and ideas for the attainment of my desires, I will develop my imagination by calling upon it daily for help in the formation of my plans.

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Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

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It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you’re being knocked down, “Why am I being knocked down?” If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for the person.

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The mind is like a fertile garden —it will grow anything you wish to plant— beautiful flowers or weeds. And so it is with successful, healthy thoughts or negative ones that will, like weeds, strangle and crowd the others. Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.

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So, action! Action! Never wasting energy on worries and negative thoughts. I mean who has the most insecure job as I have? What do I live on? My faith in my ability that I’ll make it. Sure, my back screwed me up good for a year, but with every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Look at a rainstorm; after its departure everything grows!

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One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. You have what it takes. Look back and see your progress— damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

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Don't judge a book by the thickness of it, as you will not judge a person by his weight.

--Quote by Myself