#dox

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#mistakes #paradox #timidity #wisdom #wisdom

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

You are never too old to become younger! ↗

— Mae West

#paradox #poetry #story #story-telling #youthfulness

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

— Banksy

#initiative #oxymoron #paradox #independence

You wanted to drown in a woman. Here's your chance. Drown in her blood" ~Violence(Maddox) ↗

— Gena Showalter

#demons #lords-of-the-underworld #maddox #pandora #violence

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow. ↗

— Tony Schwartz

#certainty #curiosity #growing #learning #letting-go

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

It's weird not to be weird. ↗

— John Lennon

#individualism #paradox #individuality

Orthodoxy is marked by sobriety, not by emotional enthusiasm. It is also marked by a quite “ordinary” persistence in living the humble, consistent life of Christ, not by seeking out extraordinary experiences, especially supernatural ones. ↗

— Andrew Stephen Damick

#christianity #eastern-orthodox-church #orthodox-christianity #orthodoxy #experience