Top Paradox Quotes

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

Paradox Definition

(n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly a...

In the average, want overcomes reason. In the magnificent, reason is the want.

Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doi...

No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it.

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Just as the truth can be buried under a rubble of lies,a lie can be buried under a rubble of truth.

he who speaks parables knows and understands the real meaning of parables better

Sometimes love doesn't look like what we think it should look like. Sometimes it's paradoxical. Sometimes we have to step outside our comfort zone. Sometimes we have to be more honest than we thought...

An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of Engli...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

Most people don't mind being stupid, insomuch that they do not appear stupid; appearance and being are seldom simultaneous, congruent, and conclusive.

Procrastinate now, don't put it off.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

The world makes, and hates, bachelors.

Man is the bridge of good as much as evil. He hurts and he loves. He divides and he unites. He destroys and he rebuilds. He kills and he saves lives. Yet, he denies or pretends that he does not know t...

I believe that the world is one strong matrix, to get out of it you can't safe somebody unless you make it such way so you both die. I believe then... at that moment you are out of the Matrix, but it'...

How does she know it's the right room?' wondered Descant.Oh, I don't know; mabye it's the magical red glow coming from the doorway, or perhaps it's the deafening howl of the temporal winds.' said Merv...