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> [The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/the-curious-paradox-is-that-when-i-accept-myself-just-as-i-am-then-i/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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> [It is a curious paradox that precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity, to those mysterious powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/it-is-a-curious-paradox-that-precisely-in-proportion-to-our-own/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [“There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-jones/there-is-a-curious-paradox-that-no-one-can-explain-who-understands/)

[Tom Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-jones/)

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> [“It seems to me to have value because the curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/it-seems-to-me-to-have-value-because-the-curious-paradox-is-that-when/)

[Carl R. Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-r-rogers/)

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> [It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/it-is-a-curious-paradox-of-human-history-that-a-doctrine-that-tells/)

[Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/)

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> [“As Carl Rogers, one of the founders of humanistic psychology, once noted: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/as-carl-rogers-one-of-the-founders-of-humanistic-psychology-once/)

[William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/)

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