3) “Don’t Think, Feel!” – Enter The Dragon (1973)
If there was one movie that allowed Bruce’s philosophy to shine through, it would definitely have to be Enter The Dragon. After the opening fight sequence between him and Sammo Hung, Bruce’s character is approached by government agent Braithwaite who, impressed by the throwdown, tries to convince him to go to Han’s island undercover. Midway through the discussion, Bruce spots one of his pupils and gets up to share some philosophical insights. After failing twice and succeeding on the third attempt to kick him after asking his student to do just that, Bruce questions him as to how he managed to finally do it.
The student replies with, “let me think,” to which he cops a smack on the head and the immortal words, “don’t think, feel!”
It seems like very obvious advice, but advice that is very easy to be blind to. Most things will be staring us straight in the face and we’ll never see it, and it’s all too easy to think with the mind instead of feeling with the heart. And it is because of these sorts of things that made Bruce Lee so incredibly special and unique.