Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Quotes

Sharpness is a state of mind.

Yu Shu Lien: Return the sword and I'll let you go.
Yu Shu Lien: You've been trained at Wudan?

To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.

When it comes to emotions, even great heroes can be idiots.

When in comes to the affairs of the heart, even the greatest warriors can be a consummate idiots.

They take it, they return it, they take it again... this place is becoming everyone's private storeroom!

A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.

The sword has brought Li Mu Bai as much trouble as glory.

I beg your pardon. Li Mu Bai and I aren't cowards.

Are you happy now that the sword is back?

This particular thief... is very unusual. And most likely smarter than a mere killer.

Without Green Destiny, you are nothing!

Whatever path you decide to take in this life... be true to yourself.

I've already wasted my whole life. I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you. I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side as a condemned soul, than enter heaven without you. Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit.

Giang Hu is a world of tigers and dragons, full of corruption.

Give yourself up and find yourself again.

Even if I was banished to the darkest place, my love will never let me be a lonely spirit.

Real sharpness comes without effort.

Like most things, I am nothing.

Crouching tigers and hidden dragons are in the underworld... but so are human feelings.

I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you... because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit

The things we touch have no permanence. My master would say: there is nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint. Now give yourself up and find yourself again.