Striking Thoughts

Fun book with many short quotes from Bruce Lee.

This is an excellent philosophical approach to almost every aspect of one’s life. Bruce Lee was so much more than one of the best martial artists in the world, he was a deep thinker, constantly challenging himself and the reader in this case while reading this book. I highly recommend reading this book, I think Lee was YEARS ahead of his time in many ways and his words could be applied to every aspect of life.

This is a great book from his perspective of logical and practical and spiritual thinking. This teaches you about the philosophy of his intellect. I studied martial arts because of him, and received the silver medal in the championships when I was younger. He’s an amazing man, and always will be. A must read

Love the book big Bruce Lee fan would recommend to read

I purchased this book to supplement my MA library in the hope that whenever I'm stuck in a mental rut, bored or lacking motivation, Bruce Lee's words would help to illuminate the (possible) cause of the impasse and show me the way back to my own center. This book covers a number of different areas of life and awareness and if you were to breeze through it in a store, you may be tempted to blow it off as a collection of 'fortune cookie' answers to questions you haven't bothered to ask yourself. I felt this way when I skimmed through it in a local store. Still mildly interested, I thought about what I had read and returned to Amazon to read the available excerpts and then ordered this book. In the week that passed, I had unearthed some issues that were inhibiting my training both in and out of the dojo and was at a loss for a complete solution. Thanks to Bruce Lee's insights, I saw these knots from a different perspective -sometimes slightly different, sometimes in glaring contrast to what I had wrongly assumed is more or less true at all times -the latter being an indicator of a stale mind and spirit. Budo (whatever form or style) is a means to train the body to respond efficiently and economically. What is often forgotten is that in the beginning (of training), we pay a great deal of attention to the manner in which our mind, thoughts, feelings and body respond -singularly and/or as a whole. As skill improves, this awareness and interest wanes in favor of attention to being as good as or better than our peers -as a result, the wholeness experienced in the early days of training takes a backseat and due to neglect, creates that nagging sense that 'something ain't right'. That 'something' is malnutrition and poor diet -a condition of the mind and spirit as well as the body. In the 30 minute bus ride to my dojo, reading Bruce Lee's view on Pre-conditioning of the individual by society -at present and throughout history -along with a couple of statements on attention and awareness -filled in the gaps and corrected errors in my own thought processes. Once in the dojo (and during quiet time before training), I decided to apply what I had read. The brain fog cleared quickly and training became a 'whole' experience again. This alone is worth more than the cost of the book. While the entries are brief, the effect is like eating a power bar - just enough when you need it. The contents are arranged according to areas addressed and the viewpoints are short and to the point. To make a short story long ("too late", I know), this is a good book to have around -especially when you need a 'thought for the day' and a great supplement toward a well rounded MA library in order to continue as a whole person on the complex path of budo.

Purchase this for my boss and he enjoys reading it thank you

So I was looking to get some uplifting, motivational kick in the pants to further get my act together and I came across this book. So in the title above I was going to read the wisdom of the Dragon himself until I unintentionally ended up on the index section of the book and found quote that stuck out to me. "Forget about your feelings and become one with the work" that message was so powerful I....sorta forgot about reading the rest of the book and immediately went into beast mode on my studies. As a result of reading that statement I have nearly finished 3 online courses, came up with 2 to 4 new story concepts, knocked out some soldering training, and rapidly approaching new programming courses. So now I need to work on my sleeping pattern...so yeah....buy this book!!!

Interesting, especially considering Bruce was in his 20’s and 30’s writing this. If he had lived longer, who knows… If you read any of the old Eastern teachings on Taoism, Buddhism, etc, this might be a bit basic for you. Otherwise mostly good stuff.