“Concepts vs. self-actualization.”

— Bruce Lee

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.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 44

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