The obstacle is the path
Meaning: Difficulties are not barriers to our goals but the very means by which we achieve them.
Origin: Zen Buddhist teaching, expressing the philosophy that resistance itself is the teacher.
Translations
- French: L'obstacle est le chemin (literally: The obstacle is the path)
- Spanish: El obstáculo es el camino (literally: The obstacle is the path)
- Japanese: 障害こそが道 (Shōgai koso ga michi) (literally: The obstacle itself is the path)
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