偶然读到 Naval Ravikant 的书单,他推荐了一本李小龙的书,Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living。
于是我也找来看。
全书共收录了 72 个话题,825 段话。科普了东方哲学中的阴阳、道、无为、无心、八正道等概念,也分享了他自己对艺术、电影、成败、哲学等话题的理解。
他的用词简单准确,思想多元,读完我感到他首先是一位哲学家,而武术只是他践行自己哲学理念的一种方式。
我总结了在语言表达和思考上对我有启发的 10 个句子:
1. In order to live life whole-heartedly, the answer is life simply is.
2. You cannot clear muddied water with your hand.
3. Pliability is life; rigidity is death.
4. Don't strivr to become, but be.
5. There is no such word as "maturity." Rather: maturing.
6. Freedom knows no past.
7. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.
8. Anytime you use the words NOW and HOW and become aware of this, you grow.
9. There will never be means to ends, only means. And I am means.
10. Remember, my friend, the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.
书中也提到了他的教学理念,他推崇独立思考,告诫我们不要做 second-hand artist,陷入某个方法、传统。因此这本书也特别推荐给英语老师们。
