"You cannot force the Now. — But..." - Quote by Bruce Lee
You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.
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“when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is.”
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“Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly.”
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“Make the decision to love this day, this place, this moment, this special experience of life with the people around you. And there will be so very much to love.”
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