An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.
Bruce LeeRead
My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the idea that true mastery involves overcoming conflict without physical confrontation.
Bruce Lee's quote speaks to the philosophical concept of achieving victory through skillful avoidance of conflict. It suggests that the highest form of competence, or 'art,' is not about defeating an opponent in battle but rather about finding ways to resolve problems and conflicts without resorting to fighting, thereby demonstrating wisdom and restraint.
In practice
Using this quote in a self-defense class to emphasize the importance of non-violent conflict resolution.
An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.
Thereβs only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.
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.
Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationships to man. He then becomes a slave to the pattern and takes the pattern to be the real thing.
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.
When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.
You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.
I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or it does not exist.
Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.
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