F. F. Bruce Quotes

I believe when your children are born that you are reborn in some fashion.

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.

You can't shut off the risk and the pain without losing the love that remains.

The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings.

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.

The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.

I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.

Learn to recognise when you need to know something.

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.

When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned.

The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.

All people have is hope. That's what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring... A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family...

It doesn't matter how many people I've killed. What matters is how I get along with the people who are still alive.

Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.

Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.

Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense.

As you go along, you literally collect places. I'm fed up with going to places; I shan't go to anymore.

Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice.

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations

Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.

Knowledge , surely, is always of time , whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

You can parody almost anything.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage.

If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Life's better without braces.

If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.

Efficiency is anything that scores.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Racing should never be an ordeal, rather an enjoyable and life-enhancing experience.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

Coconut oil is the healthiest oil on earth.

You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car.

What is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It's all designed for capturing, tracking, quantifying, manipulating, holding, buying, selling and controlling attention.

The unconditioned mind intuits truth.

Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as possible. Enlist the children in their own upbringing.

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

When you freely express, you are the total style.