(104 quotes found)
“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.”
Edwin Markham
“In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.”
Norman O. Brown
“It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.”
Gail Sheehy
“The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.”
Oscar Wilde
“You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.”
Wayne Dyer
“The second rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong and can cause harm.”
Terry Goodkind
“There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so”
Charles Caleb Colton
“Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.”
Bertrand Russell
“It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.”
Brad Henry
“To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.”
Adrienne Clarkson
