In building a statue, a sculptor doesn’t keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.
BRUCE LEEWhen one is not expressing himself, he is not free.
More Bruce Lee Quotes
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True refinement seeks simplicity.
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I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.
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Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.
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Either push your limits or die.
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Learn it all, then forget it all.
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Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.
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We do not become. We simply are.
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Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.
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When one has no form, one can be all forms.
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Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot.
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Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.
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The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.
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Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.
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A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.
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Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.
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