Words of the Dragon

Nursing my sore big toe has given me the time and opportunity to do some reading and watch some good movies and videos.

There is this book, Bruce Lee - Words of the Dragon, which contains many interviews in the past that captures the philosophy and sayings from the man. This guy pulls no punches, and is very eloquent and funny, too. A man of action with brains to boot, and an absolutely quotable guy. He is also truly the first real Chinese who is famous all over the world and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West.

If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.
-- Bruce Lee (1940-73)

He who knows not and knows not he knows not,
He is a fool- Shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not,
He is simple- Teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows,
He is asleep-Awaken him.
He who knows and knows that he knows,
He is wise- follow him.
-- Bruce Lee (1940-73)

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can quash! Be water my friend.
-- Bruce Lee (1940-73)

For more of Bruce Lee's quotes, just do this google search and you will get tonnes of them. Note that most of his fans, ironically, are Occidental.

Some of the best sites I found are listed here :-
quotes - 1 2 3
bios - 4 5 6


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