21 quotes
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness”
— Zhuangzi
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
— Laozi
“Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.”
— John Stuart Mill
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Peace embraces both.”
— Niels Bohr
“Design is so simple that is why it is so complicated”
— Paul Rand
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
— Carl Rogers
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth”
— Alan Watts
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am then I can change”
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience”
— Mark Manson
“The strictest justice is sometimes the greatest injustice.”
— Terence
“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.”
— Kafka
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”
“The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect and healing unlocks that transformation”
— Peter Levine
“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.”
— Tao Te Ching
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am then I can change and find peace.”
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