Zen is not โattainedโ by mirror-wiping mediation, but by โself-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.โ We do not โcomeโ, we โare.โ Don't strive to become, but be.
Bruce LeeThe more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.
Bruce LeeFor it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.
Bruce LeeArt requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art.
Bruce LeeHow can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way, a definite path, but not to that which is living. Do not reduce reality to a static thing and then invent methods to reach it. ...Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. It has no resting place, no form, no organized institution, no philosophy. When you see that, you will understand that this living thing is also what you are. You cannot express and be alive through static, put-together form, through stylized movement.
Bruce Lee