Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts

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.

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

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

The secret of life. — The aphorism “as a man thinketh in his heart so is he”* contains the secret of life. James Allen further added “A man is literally what he thinks.” This might be a shocking statement, but everything is a state of mind.

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

the universe whose existence cannot be denied, because to deny is to think. When one says that thought exists, it automatically includes saying that one exists because there is no thought that does not contain as one of its elements a subject who thinks.

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

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

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.