49 Quotes by Yong Kang Chan

I mistakenly believed that I was my emotions.

Life isn’t about being strong or pretending we are strong to impress others. It takes courage to be authentic with our feelings and acknowledge that real strength comes from recognizing our moments of weakness.

Telling a person who is depressed to have positive thoughts is the same as telling a sick person not to be sick. It doesn’t work.

Someone can take away my job, but they can only take away my courage if I let them.

I had signed up for a lot of courses, but the biggest teacher is life. Perhaps we need to die multiple times in order to realize the true meaning of life. I’m grateful I died that day.

The more you don’t want to be like your parents, the more you will resemble them.

When you hate your parents or dislike certain traits that they have, you are actually giving them more attention and directing your energy toward them. They occupy your headspace, so how could it not affect your choices in life.

Although we want to be close with others, we maintain a distance so we won’t be hurt.

Our protection against loneliness is exactly what keeps the loneliness intact.