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Thu 14 May 2015

Black and white

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, balance, contradictions, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”

—George Santayana, “Intuitive Morality,” Little Essays

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Tue 17 Mar 2015

Exclusive

Posted by PJ under contradictions, quote of the day, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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Fri 21 Feb 2014

Without fear of contradiction

Posted by PJ under contradictions, lies, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the want of contradiction a sign of truth.”

—Blaise Pascal, Pensées (tr. W. F. Trotter, E. P. Dutton, 1958)

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Tue 18 Feb 2014

Right life

Posted by PJ under angels, conflict, contradictions, jung, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“The apparently unendurable conflict is proof of the rightness of your life. A life without inner contradiction is either only half a life or else a life in the Beyond, which is destined only for angels. But God loves human beings more than angels.”

—Carl Jung, Letters, Volume 1

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Thu 12 Dec 2013

Defined by

Posted by PJ under change, contradictions, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day: 

“All opposites are mutually dependent, like hot and cold, high and low. The opposite is contained within, and determined by, its opposite; it exists only in comparison, and things that are comparative have different measures of the same quality, and therefore they are similar. So change to an opposite is no change at all. Even if this going towards what seems different gives you the feeling that you are really doing something, it is an illusion.”

—J. Krishnamurti, “How To Live in This World,” The Urgency of Change

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Tue 15 May 2012

Dark to light

Posted by PJ under compassion, contradictions, darkness, growing up, light, morality, quote of the day, what the living do
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“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.”

—Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams

 

 


Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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