Bruce Lee

The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being.

Bruce Lee

The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought process, and even ordinary thought itself.

Bruce Lee

The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one’s original sense of freedom.

Bruce Lee

The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to ‘do’ the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.

Bruce Lee

The reward is found in the work.

Bruce Lee

The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and, more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.

Bruce Lee

The success of an assailant’s attack depends on surprise, and if you’re sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful.

Bruce Lee

The truth and the way exhibit in the same everyday movements. Because of this, many miss it (if there is any secret, it is missed by seeking). If there is any secret, one must have lost it by striving for it. The truth is here, but we want to decorate the simplest truth – the snake with feet.

Bruce Lee

The unfolding of the bare human soul…That is what interests me.

Bruce Lee

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

Bruce Lee