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Paradox Quotes

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma Picture Quote #1

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart Picture Quote #1

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual Picture Quote #1

That’s the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn’t have those things we’d just be numb Picture Quote #1

By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us Picture Quote #1

Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied Picture Quote #1

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If you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth divides into two opposing truths and then you have to try to reach beyond them to grasp the ultimate truth, their synthesis Picture Quote #1

It’s a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full Picture Quote #1

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life Picture Quote #1

It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief Picture Quote #1

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness Picture Quote #1

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo Picture Quote #1

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In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer’s paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed Picture Quote #1

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first Picture Quote #1

If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox Picture Quote #1

As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true Picture Quote #1

Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves Picture Quote #1

We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives Picture Quote #1

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Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually genuinely desiring peace. War is the outcome, not mainly of evil intentions, but on the whole of good intentions which miscarry or are frustrated. It is made not usually by evil men knowing themselves to be wrong, but is the outcome of policies pursued by good men usually passionately convinced that they are right Picture Quote #1

There are lots of cases where we know more about how the world works than we do about how we know how it works. That’s no paradox. Understanding the structure of galaxies is one thing, understanding how we understand the structure of galaxies is quite another. There isn’t the slightest reason why the first should wait on the second and, in point of historical fact, it didn’t. This bears a lot of emphasis; it turns up in philosophy practically everywhere you look Picture Quote #1

There is nothing absolute and final. If everything were ironclad, all the rules absolute and everything structured so no paradox or irony existed, you couldn’t move. One could say that man sneaks through the crack where paradox exists Picture Quote #1

Now I existed solely thanks to the quantum paradox, my brain a collection of qubits in quantum superposition, encoding truths and memories, imagination and irrationality in opposing, contradictory states that existed and didn’t exist, all at the same time Picture Quote #1

I do my own thing. I’m very much in the paradox of things. I enjoy the little things in life, what’s big is small and what’s small is big. It might not be the coolest thing to do, but it’s important to me Picture Quote #1

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it’s both things at the same time Picture Quote #1

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In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing, or a sense of a mission. When any of these happens to us, we are being summoned to make a transition. It will always mean leaving something behind,... The paradox here is that loss is a path to gain Picture Quote #1

Everybody knows you’re going to miss some. It’s just the reality and the probability of it. It’s the ultimate paradox for a kicker. You go out expecting to make every kick, but you also know it’s probably not going to happen. So you have these two conflicting thoughts and realities. The really good kickers are the ones who can process that information. That’s what I’m learning to do Picture Quote #1

It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle Picture Quote #1

A paradox arises: the only way to meaning in freedom is through boundaries. The only way that boundaries make any sense at all is through freedom Picture Quote #1

It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man’s extraordinary capacity for success are also those most likely to destroy him Picture Quote #1

All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies Picture Quote #1

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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma (Paradox Quotes) The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart (Paradox Quotes) The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual (Paradox Quotes) That’s the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn’t have those things we’d just be numb (Paradox Quotes) By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us (Paradox Quotes) Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied (Paradox Quotes) If you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth divides into two opposing truths and then you have to try to reach beyond them to grasp the ultimate truth, their synthesis (Paradox Quotes) It’s a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full (Paradox Quotes) In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life (Paradox Quotes) It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief (Paradox Quotes) It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness (Paradox Quotes) The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo (Paradox Quotes) In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer’s paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed (Paradox Quotes) It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first (Paradox Quotes) If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox (Paradox Quotes) As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true (Paradox Quotes) Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves (Paradox Quotes) We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives (Paradox Quotes) Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually genuinely desiring peace. War is the outcome, not mainly of evil intentions, but on the whole of good intentions which miscarry or are frustrated. It is made not usually by evil men knowing themselves to be wrong, but is the outcome of policies pursued by good men usually passionately convinced that they are right (Paradox Quotes) There are lots of cases where we know more about how the world works than we do about how we know how it works. That’s no paradox. Understanding the structure of galaxies is one thing, understanding how we understand the structure of galaxies is quite another. There isn’t the slightest reason why the first should wait on the second and, in point of historical fact, it didn’t. This bears a lot of emphasis; it turns up in philosophy practically everywhere you look (Paradox Quotes) There is nothing absolute and final. If everything were ironclad, all the rules absolute and everything structured so no paradox or irony existed, you couldn’t move. One could say that man sneaks through the crack where paradox exists (Paradox Quotes) Now I existed solely thanks to the quantum paradox, my brain a collection of qubits in quantum superposition, encoding truths and memories, imagination and irrationality in opposing, contradictory states that existed and didn’t exist, all at the same time (Paradox Quotes) I do my own thing. I’m very much in the paradox of things. I enjoy the little things in life, what’s big is small and what’s small is big. It might not be the coolest thing to do, but it’s important to me (Paradox Quotes) So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it’s both things at the same time (Paradox Quotes) In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing, or a sense of a mission. When any of these happens to us, we are being summoned to make a transition. It will always mean leaving something behind,... The paradox here is that loss is a path to gain (Paradox Quotes) Everybody knows you’re going to miss some. It’s just the reality and the probability of it. It’s the ultimate paradox for a kicker. You go out expecting to make every kick, but you also know it’s probably not going to happen. So you have these two conflicting thoughts and realities. The really good kickers are the ones who can process that information. That’s what I’m learning to do (Paradox Quotes) It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle (Paradox Quotes) A paradox arises: the only way to meaning in freedom is through boundaries. The only way that boundaries make any sense at all is through freedom (Paradox Quotes) It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man’s extraordinary capacity for success are also those most likely to destroy him (Paradox Quotes) All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies (Paradox Quotes)

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