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The Past Is No More; The Future Not Yet. Nothing Exists Except The Here And Now. Our Grand Business Is Not To See What Lies Dimly At A Distance, But To Do What Lies Clearly At Our Hands.

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The Past Is No More; The Future Not Yet. Nothing Exists Except The Here And Now. Our Grand Business Is Not To See What Lies Dimly At A Distance, But To Do What Lies Clearly At Our Hands.

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The Doubters Said, "man Can Not Fly," The Doers Said, "maybe, But We'll Try," And Finally Soared In The Morning Glow While Non-believers Watched From Below.

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Take No Thought Of Who Is Right Or Wrong Or Who Is Better Than. Be Not For Or Against.

I Wish Neither To Possess Nor To Be Possessed. I No Longer Covet 'paradise'. More Important, I No Longer Fear 'hell'. The Medicine For My Suffering I Had Within Me From The Very Beginning But I Did Not Take It. My Ailment Came From Within Myself, But I Did Not Observe It, Until This Moment. Now I See That I Will Never Find The Light Unless, Like The Candle, I Am My Own Fuel, Consuming Myself.

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Satori - In The Awakening From A Dream. Awakening And Self-realization And Seeing Into One's Own Being - These Are Synonymous.

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Learn The Principle, Abide By The Principle, And Dissolve The Principle. In Short, Enter A Mold Without Being Caged In It. Obey The Principle Without Being Bound By It. Learn, Master, And Achieve.

We [tend To] Have More Faith In What We Imitate Than In What We Originate. We [often Feel That We] Cannot Derive A Sense Of Absolute Certitude From Anything Which Has Its Root In Us. The Most Poignant Sense Of Insecurity Comes From Standing Alone; We Are Not Alone When We Imitate.

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Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You. I'll Not Willingly Offend, Nor Be Easily Offended.

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Where There Is No Style, There Is No Slave. Martial Arts Mean Honestly Expressing Yourself. No Style. No Slave.

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Concepts Vs. Self-actualization. - Instead Of Dedicating Your Life To Actualize A Concept Of What You Should Be Like, Actualize Yourself. The Process Of Maturing Does Not Mean To Become A Captive Of Conceptualization. It Is To Come To The Realization Of What Lies In Our Innermost Selves.

When You Say That Something Is Impossible, You Have Made It Impossible.

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