Bruce Lee - Man Quotes

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Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

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A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred — the human law in himself, his own individual will.

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The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible.

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Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

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It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.

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Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths.

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Concentration is the ROOT of all the higher abilities in man.

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There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

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The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.

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The aphorism "as a man thinketh in his heart so is he" contains the secret of life.

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The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition

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The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being

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Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

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You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because, I mean I don't want to be like "As Confucius say," but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different.

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Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe.

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If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.

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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.

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When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow — you are not understanding yourself.

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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

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You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.

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