“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial...”
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Bruce Lee has been editor-researcher for Cornelius Ryan, the editor of Gordon Prange and Admiral Layton, and is regarded as a major figure in military history. **Source**: [*Pearl Harbor*](https://archive.org/stream/pearlharborfinal00clau).
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“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial...”
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”
“Obey the principles without being bound by them.”
“You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.”
“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's poten...”
“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.”
“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”
“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay...”
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
“The possession of anything begins in the mind.”
“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.”
“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”