Paradox, Metaphor & Food for Thought

Happiness and hope turned over from several sides, and ordinary objects standing in for ideas.

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Twelve of the 849, with the question each one ends on. Open one to read the explanation that sits between them.

“A lid has to understand the vessel before it can belong to it.”

“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.”

— Buddha

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

— Francis Bacon

“The quietest people in the room have often heard the most.”

“The first domino looks too small to matter every single time.”

“You don’t have to film it for it to count. Some of the best moments have no witnesses.”

“Out of eggs? Bakers have a dozen substitutes. Most “I can’t” moments just need a different ingredient.”

“A coin almost never lands on its edge. Most of the time you have to pick a side.”

“A grocery scale doesn’t care if the apples are pretty. Some measures can’t be charmed.”

“Your money’s worth changes depending on where you are. So does your humor. Know your room.”

“A coastline belongs partly to land and partly to water, proving boundaries can remain dynamic.”

“The same mirror that shows your flaws proves you are still standing there to change them.”