Paradox
In love, in art, in life, in being.
Paradox
A paradox is the appearance of contradiction between two related components.
Brené Brown • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Carl Jung wrote, “Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life.”
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
The wise heart, the evolved mind, the measure of maturity is this: bear paradox and live.
dages juvelier keates • Heart of Paradox
"But maybe you don’t need to be explainable. Maybe the most interesting perspectives come from being willing to occupy a difficult-to-define place, even if it means sacrificing others' understanding of you. The challenge then becomes committing to occupy that place far longer than most feel comfortable — long enough to cultivate a voice out of your... See more
The Wisdom of Paradox: Logic is the key to scientific truths, but paradoxes are the key to psychological ones. When it comes to the human condition, the deepest truths are often counter-intuitive. When you find two opposites that are both true, start exploring.
perell.com • 50 Ideas That Changed My Life - David Perell
If our multiplying selves are not a compromise of our integrity, but an evolutionary necessity, could we reconcile our expanding egostack with the need for coherence? Seeing other versions of ourselves may not always feel good, but there's a quiet redemption in embracing our contradictions – not as failures of authenticity, but as evidence of our... See more
Lore Oxford • The egostack
Knowing who you are is grounding; it gives you a sense of trajectory. But when we assign words and meanings to what we know we like and value and want, we create attachments. We then strive to keep things within the parameters of which we’ve already accepted. Out of that, we create failure. We create suffering over self. We begin to believe that a
... See moreBrianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Guilt is also a cheap substitute for paradox. The energy consumed by guilt would be far better invested in the courageous act of looking at two sets of truths that have collided in our personality. Guilt is also arrogant because it means we have taken sides in an issue and are sure that we are right. While this one-sidedness may be part of the
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