Bruce Lee (born 27 November 1940, Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States – died 20 July 1973, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong) was a Chinese American martial artist, actor, film director, martial arts instructor and philosopher. He is known for movies like 'Fists of Fury' and 'Enter the Dragon,' and the technique Jeet Kune Do.
Bruce Lee was and still is the most influential martial artist of all time. He lived a short but very impactful life.
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Bruce Lee
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.