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Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
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Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.
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Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.
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Defeat is a state of mind no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
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A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.
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To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
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Having totality means being capable of following what is, because what is is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of what is.
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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.
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Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.
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Willing is not enough, one must apply.
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