Quote #63

Liberate yourself from concepts and see the truth with your own eyes. - It exists HERE and NOW; it requires only one thing to see it: openness, freedom - the freedom to be open and not tethered by any ideas, concepts, etc. ... When our mind is tranquil, there will be an occasional pause to its feverish activities, there will be a let-go, and it is only then in the interval between two thoughts that a flash of UNDERSTANDING - understanding, which is not thought - can take place.

More from Bruce Lee

  1. True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. …
  2. Balance your thoughts with action. - If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
  3. 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 lib…
  4. Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. T…
  5. Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive; having no opposite, there is nothing wh…
  6. Life is better lived than conceptualized. - This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating g…
  7. Taoist philosophy ... is essentially monistic. ... Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one o…
  8. Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

All Bruce Lee quotes