passiveness Quotes

“In Aikido we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.”

“Experience is not worth the getting. It’s not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it’s a wall that an active you runs up against.”

“We should never let what we cannot do keep us from doing what we can do. A passive life does not become a meaningful life.”

“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”

“Things happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”