This counsel given by Lee with regard to his teachings is particularly pertinent: To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to “this is this” or “that is

To Bruce Lee, philosophy was not the professional playground of academics, but every human being’s gateway to the greatest adventure of the human spirit.

important aspect of life, then positioning it to awaken people to the problems inherent in the conventional assumptions made on the topic. The result of Lee’s statement is that the reader is now compelled to think for himself about the issue, which leads the individual to produce his own answer. Lee always challenged his students (both in the class

Pliability is life. — Be pliable. When a man is living, he is soft and pliable; when he is dead, he becomes rigid. Pliability is life; rigidity is death, whether one speaks of man’s body, his mind, or his spirit.

Lee pointed out that “We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate,” with the result that we are encouraged—and have opted—to look to anyone but ourselves for the answers to our most unsettling questions. Too many are confused about whom to trust, suspicious of their own impulses and uncertain of their futures. Spirits have been

The meaning of life. — The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be

The way of death. — Through the ages, the end for heroes is the same as for ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man.

Life is the effect of feelings. — Life is simply what our feelings do to us.

The fundamental relationship between existence and cognition. — To doubt is to think, and thought is the only thing in