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Carl R. Rogers quote: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl R. Rogers photo

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

Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist

Source: On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Orson Welles photo
Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“All idealism is mendacity in the face of what is necessary.”

Source: Ecce Homo, chapter Why I Am So Clever

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Gautama Buddha photo

“Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
Chester Bennington photo

“You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.”

Chester Bennington (1976–2017) American singer-songwriter

Also attributed to Johnny Depp.

Nikola Tesla photo

“We are all one. Only egos, beliefs, and fears separate us.”

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor

Source: Nikola Tesla: 100 Quotes on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Success

David Hume photo

“Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad; but the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.”

David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

Essay on the Immortality of the Soul
Context: Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad; but the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. -- Were one to go round the world with an intention of giving a good supper to the righteous, and a sound drubbing to the wicked, he would frequently be embarrassed in his choice, and would find that the merits and the demerits of most men and women scarcely amount to the value of either.

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“Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Source: Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho quote: “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Paulo Coelho photo

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

Variant: i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.
that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Source: Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho photo

“Life is one long training session in preparation for what will come.”

Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.
Aleph (2011)

Paulo Coelho photo

“Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Paulo Coelho's blog entry " My thoughts on S.O.P.A. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/", 20 Januar 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
Context: As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!

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Rumi photo

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

As quoted in Path for Greatness : Spiritualty at Work (2000) by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51

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