# Be water Martial artist Bruce Lee coined the term, let's look to the full quote: >Be Water, My Friend. >Empty your mind. >Be formless, shapeless, like water. >You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. >You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. >You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. >Now water can flow or it can crash. >Be water, my friend There are any number of ways to pull meaning from this. I particularly appreciate the idea of being formless, shapeless. It inspires ideas of being infinite and free since there are no limits to what water can be. No restrictions, chains, or bounds. Forever.