Quote

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

Bruce Lee

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Martial Artist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Performer
Television Actor
Tung Wah Dispensary
Lee Jun-fan
Understanding
Classical
Pattern
Routine
Patterns
Tradition
Shadow
Follow

More quotes by Bruce Lee

Image
Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you.
Bruce Lee
Image
The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun.
Bruce Lee
Image
Efficiency is anything that scores.
Bruce Lee
Image
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.
Bruce Lee
Image
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowled
Bruce Lee
Image
With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.
Bruce Lee
Image
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee
Image
Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation.
Bruce Lee
Image
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.
Bruce Lee
Image
What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.
Bruce Lee
Image
It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.
Bruce Lee
Image
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Bruce Lee
Image
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.
Bruce Lee
Image
False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.
Bruce Lee
Image
There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.
Bruce Lee
Image
Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.
Bruce Lee
Image
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Image
To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe.
Bruce Lee
Image
In combat, spontaneity rules rote performance of technique perishes.
Bruce Lee
Image
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
Bruce Lee