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“There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people have become no happier.”

People Want Heart Our Lives Strive Western Income Paradox Western Society

Author:Richard Layard, Baron Layard

“If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest - in all its ardour and paradoxes - than our travels.”

Ifs Happiness Our Lives Activity Paradox Quests Dynamics Searching For Happiness

Author:Alain de Botton

“Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation?”

Life Is Order Situation Our Lives Paradox Gaining Power

Book:The Man in the High Castle

Source: The Man in the High Castle

“The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us backout in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.”

World Children Moments Focus Our Lives Absolutes Our Children Motherhood Paradox

Author:Ellen Goodman

“Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.”

Self Our Lives Surrender Paradox Self Control Will Power

Book:A Life of Distinction: What It Takes to Live with Courage, Honesty, and Gratitude

Source: A Life of Distinction: What It Takes to Live with Courage, Honesty, and Gratitude

“One talks much more about the evil than about the good. That is a paradox. We should only talk about the good to lighten up our existence. Chase anxiousness/fear away for a moment before it sneaks back in again to our life.”

Should Moments Evil Existence Our Lives Paradox Sneak

Author:Odd Nerdrum

“I recently got back from Hiroshima and it was fascinating to me how the Japanese accommodate this paradox. We were talking about this word aware, which on the page looks like "aware," which speaks to both the pain and the beauty of our lives. Being there, what I perceived was that this is a sorrow that is not a grief that one forgets or recovers from, but it is a burning, searing illumination of love for the delicacy and strength of our relations.”

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Author:Terry Tempest Williams