Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts

Bruce Lee’s use of aphorism generally consists of starting with a familiar and

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

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

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

constancy, enlightenment, peace, and long life.

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

The life of perfection is the simple life. — A simple life is one of plainness, in which profit is discarded, cleverness abandoned, selfishness eliminated, and desires reduced. It is the life of perfection which seems to be incomplete, and of fullness which seems to be empty. It is the life which is as bright as light, but does not dazzle. In short

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 held that if there is a “way” then it most assuredly is somebody else’s—not yours—with the result that following it would lead you further away from the truth that resides within you. It is for this reason, as Lee indicates below, that it is imperative that the free spirit not mistake any book-including this one—or its contents for the truth, f