1) If you could choose one person to learn from in the past 100 years, who would it be?
My choice is Bruce Lee. Watch this 1971 interview for his wisdom.
My choice is Bruce Lee. Watch this 1971 interview for his wisdom.
2) “All type of knowledge, ultimately means self-knowledge. But knowing is not enough, we must apply.”
Martial arts for Lee was a spiritual practice. It taught him how to be a human being and everything in life.
Martial arts for Lee was a spiritual practice. It taught him how to be a human being and everything in life.
3) Martial arts is the art of expressing the human body in combative form.
But Lee did not believe in the concept of styles or systems of fighting. “Because of style,” he explains at one point, “people are separate.”
But Lee did not believe in the concept of styles or systems of fighting. “Because of style,” he explains at one point, “people are separate.”
4) Lee’s philosophy is simple: do what works in a real fight.
You cannot express and be alive through static put-together form, through stylized movement.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
You cannot express and be alive through static put-together form, through stylized movement.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
5) "To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, that is very hard to do. That is what you must train for: to become one in a completely natural, uncontrived way.”
The highest skill operates on an unconscious level. What about looking inwardly for a change?
The highest skill operates on an unconscious level. What about looking inwardly for a change?
6) “Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water in to a cup it becomes the cup, you put it into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or drip or crash. Be water, my friend.”
7) The word “superstar” turns me off, Lee says. The word “star” is an illusion. It is what the public calls you. You should look upon yourself as an actor.
The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.
The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.
8) “Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win. But never to accept the way to lose.
To accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it.
You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying."
To accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it.
You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying."
9) “I have come to accept life as a process. I am constantly discovering, expanding, finding the cause of my ignorance, in martial art and in life.
The human soul is what interests me. I live to express myself freely in creation.”
The human soul is what interests me. I live to express myself freely in creation.”
10) Asked “Do you still think of yourself as Chinese or do you ever think of yourself as North American?”
Lee responded, “You know what I think of myself... as a human being!”
“Under the sky, under the heavens, there is but one family.”
Lee responded, “You know what I think of myself... as a human being!”
“Under the sky, under the heavens, there is but one family.”
11) Highly recommend reading this note on Bruce Lee from our latest issue for more of his wisdom. 👇
stray-reflections.com/article/156/St…
stray-reflections.com/article/156/St…
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