Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Hermann Hesse
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When we think in terms of opposites, life becomes a struggle. We are forced to fight in order to win. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When we begin thinking in terms of new insights, there is no longer any reason to fight.

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