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Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception.
If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.
Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.
Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.
If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life.
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.
I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times.
Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere.
In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.
If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.
To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.
If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.
Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.
A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.
Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.
What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?
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.
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves.
Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.
Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere
Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.
A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.
Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.
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.
Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.
Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.
The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.
We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.
Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.
The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ?
When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!
Since life is an ever evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself.
The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.
With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.
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.
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.
The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.
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.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.
Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.