Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.
I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I'm a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I'm slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.
Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.
I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.