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In combat, spontaneity rules rote performance of technique perishes.
Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
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Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite--there is nothing which it excludes or opposes. It is living void, because all forms come out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all beings.
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All goals apart from the means are illusions becoming is a denial of being.
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Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.
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Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
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When we hold to the core, the opposite sides are the same if they are seen from the center of the moving circle. I do not experience I am experience. I am not the subject of experience I am that experience. I am awareness. Nothing else can be I or can exist.
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One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.
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