#paradox

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ↗

— Carl Rogers

#am #change #curious #i #i am

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement. ↗

— Mark Twain

#experience

The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#religion #faith

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone. ↗

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

#paradox #privacy #life

This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature; it is not too difficult for us to also overthrow our evil will." Hymns of the Nativity, Hymn 1:97, pg. 74 in Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (New York: Paulist Press, 1989). ↗

— Ephraim the Syrian

#nativity #nature #paradox #will #nature

Λόγια που είναι πολύ σωστά φαίνονται σαν παράδοξα. ↗

— Λάο-Τσε

#psychology #religion #right #words #religion

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#organized-religion #paradox #religion #hope

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III) ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#acting

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. ↗

— Banksy

#initiative #oxymoron #paradox #independence

They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#koboi #opal #paradox #time #blame