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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

Like most things, I am nothing.

Real sharpness comes without effort.

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

Give yourself up and find yourself again.

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

To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.

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

Without Green Destiny, you are nothing!

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

Are you happy now that the sword is back?

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

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

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

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

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

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