Y.S. Lee Quotes

It takes time for change to take place. But then when huge changes are taking place, they are extraordinary. And it requires a kind of philosophical thinking, thinking in terms of epochs.

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

But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families and friends.

Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story

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

One of the things I do in my cookbooks is I will do a conversion from outdoor to indoor grilling so you can do it year-round.

There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state

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.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

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.

Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.

Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice

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.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

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.

I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet.

Ideas are nothing, doing is everything

I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large.

God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers.

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

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.

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

I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it's all a little bit lower.

Speech is the best show a man puts on.

I thought Manual Labor was a Mexican golf pro.

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.

Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself.

On the one hand, the reality is dire, on the other, reality is always false, it is a mask covering what is coming up underneath.

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

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.

Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

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.

Instead of doing cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those baking spices I'll have one spice that's for sweets, and that's pumpkin pie spice.

Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.

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

I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas.

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

The unconditioned mind intuits truth.

Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.

I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.

The word "superstar" is an ilusion