Ed Lee Quotes

All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.

Most ideas are a bit scary, and if an idea isn't scary, it's not an idea at all.

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.

Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

I think people have always loved things that are bigger than life, things that are imaginative.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.

Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

Nikki lives around the corner from me and I see him all the time. We talk a lot, and of course we're still friends. That was our baby, Motley Crue, we put that band together.

The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering

Live life on your own path. Everybody's got something different. You can't keep up with all those people, so you better keep up with yourself.

I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money.

I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer to emulate the good guy than the bad guy, I'm happy.

The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

To live is to express oneself freely

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic.

I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant.