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Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself - and that's about it.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.

No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.

Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.

One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony.

Pain is weakness leaving your body.

People fear what they do not understand.

People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.

Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice.

Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.

Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything.

Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit

Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare.

Real living is living for others.

Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related.

Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

Remember, Life is a journey, not a destination.

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.

Running water never grows stale.

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.

Seek freedom from the conformity of styles

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.

Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related.

Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being.

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.