Martial arts master, philosopher, actor, filmmaker and simply legend Bruce Lee. Wise rules concerning all facets of a man's life.
Bruce Lee has long been a superhero and legend. He approached human perfection stronger than others. Another legendary actor Arnold Schwarzenegger considers Bruce Lee's physique to be the benchmark. In addition to physical perfection, Bruce Lee possessed a truly oriental wisdom.
55 rules of life for the legendary Bruce Lee
1. Money has no meaning as such. This is only a tool for achieving certain goals, and you need to understand what they can, and most importantly - what they cannot.
2. There lived a butcher, and he had a knife that remained perfectly sharp year after year. When asked how he manages to keep the blade in this state, the butcher replied: “I follow the lines of the bone. I'm not trying to cut it, break it, or even resist it in any way. It will only ruin the knife. " In life, you need to walk along obstacles. If you try to overcome them, it will only hurt.
3. You cannot win a fight with one blow. Either learn to tolerate resentment, or hire a bodyguard. Forget about victories and defeats, forget about pride and pain. If the enemy scratches you, hit him. If the enemy hits you, break his arm. If the enemy breaks your arm, take his life. Don't think about getting out of the fight intact. Be ready to sacrifice everything. Even life.
4. Man is capable of more. The fact is that people live, using only a small percentage of what they are capable of: a person does not allow himself to open up and be completely himself; society does not allow a person to be completely himself.
5. True friends are like diamonds - expensive and rare. False friends are like autumn leaves - they are everywhere.
6. Study everyone you come into contact with.
7. If you are criticized, then you are doing everything right. Because people attack anyone with brains.
8. What you think about, so you become.
9. Hot temper will very soon make a fool of you.
10. Softness cannot be broken.
11. I am learning to understand instead of judging. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach.
12. We must come to terms with the possibility of death. It is worth stopping dreaming of eternal spring, then both summer and winter will bring happiness.
13. For centuries, the ultimate destiny of heroes was the same as that of ordinary people. They all died and were gradually erased from the memory of people. But while we are alive, we must understand ourselves, understand ourselves and express ourselves.
14. A creative person creates himself. This is always more important than an established style or system.
15. It does not matter what you give, it is important how you give.
16. Move like water. Freeze like a mirror. Answer like an echo.
17. Eastern people say: “Be flexible. During life, a person is soft and flexible, death makes him tough. " This applies to body, mind and soul.
18. In battle, spontaneity always wins. Cramming always loses.
19. Free your brain, become disembodied, formless - like water. Imagine that you pour water into a cup - it becomes a cup, you pour it into a teapot - it becomes a teapot. Water can flow, it can travel, it can drip or break - be water, my friend.
20. The worst adversary you can face is an adversary who is determined and clearly aware of his purpose. For example, if such a person is determined to bite your nose off, he has a fairly high chance of doing so.
21. Love is like friendship enveloped in flames. In the beginning, the flame is enchantingly beautiful, often scorching and dazzling, but still light and unstable. As love grows older, our hearts ripen, and our love is like coals: it burns from the depths and is unquenchable.
22. Be gentle, but not submissive, be firm, but not cruel.
23. Becoming mature does not mean becoming a prisoner of concepts. Maturity is the ability to realize what is within ourselves.
24. Only those who do will learn something.
25. If I tell you that I am good, you will probably think that I am boasting; if I say I’m not good enough, you will know that I’m lying.
26. Defeat is not defeat, unless you recognize it as such in your mind.
27. It is necessary to act on the basis of their convictions. It is not enough to have knowledge, because it must be applied. Likewise, desire is not enough, as it is necessary to act.
28. Empty heads have long tongues.
29. If you think about something that is impossible, then you thereby make it impossible.
30. Remember: even the sturdiest tree is easier to break than bamboo or willow shoots bending in the wind.
31. The goal does not have to be achieved. Sometimes it's just a direction for further movement.
32. The more complex the method, the less freedom. By adhering to methods and rules, we create limits for ourselves.
33. Reality is to be yourself. To become yourself, you have to be yourself. Reality into being, into being a thing. Thus, being in this sense is to have freedom in its original understanding of the word, that is, when it is not limited by attachments, rules, biased and confused points of view.
34. My main enemy is I myself.
35. At all times, the end of heroes was the same as the end of ordinary people. They all died, and the memories of them were gradually erased from the memory of people. But while we are alive, we must understand ourselves, understand ourselves and express ourselves.
36. When some big guy attacks you, instead of reacting to his ego, teach him to react to yours. You should think to yourself: "How grateful I am that I now see such a wonderful goal with great opportunities." Do not think that your opponent can harm you, but enjoy the defeat that you are going to inflict on him, if he has already shown you such a favor. I call this the fighting spirit.
37. Do not resist your illness, make friends with it - this is the only way to get rid of it.
38. You can always forgive yourself for mistakes, if you only have the courage to admit them.
39. Only use what really works. And take it wherever you can find it.
40. A wise man is able to take more from a stupid question than a fool is able to take from a wise answer.
41. A good fighter is not one who is tense, but one who is ready. He does not think or dream, he is ready for anything that can happen.
42. Do not use any means as means, do not have any boundaries as boundaries.
43. It is necessary to independently seek the true path so as not to depend on someone else's point of view or any book.
44. Posing and window dressing - a vision of glory by weaklings.
45. I am not afraid of someone who studies 10,000 different strokes. I am afraid of someone who studies one beat 10,000 times.
46. Simplicity is the highest level of art.
47. To hell with the circumstances. I create opportunities.
48. Western education is good for one, Eastern - for another. You can say: "It is better to do some things with this finger, with this - others." But the whole hand is better anyway.
49. Do not forget, my friend, that life is too short to accumulate negative energy. Therefore, plan something with pleasure and achieve your goals.
50. It must be remembered that violence is an integral part of everyday life. A lot of violence is shown on television. You can't pretend it doesn't exist.
51. You have to be honest. Lie once, and there will be no more trust in you.
52. Nothing exists except here and now.
53. To become different, we must know what we are now.
54. If God exists, then he is within us. You do not ask God to give you something, you depend on God in your inner being.
55. Realize that you are not “living for the sake of anything”, but simply “living”.
