“It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.”
Viktor E. Frankl book Man's Search for Meaning
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.”
— Bruce Lee, book Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)
Context: When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow — you are not understanding yourself.
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