I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reflection of nature in man's thought must be understood not lifelessly but in the eternal process of movement, the arising of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I'm forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
Yet this is trash that the Church imposes upon the world as the Word of God; this is the collection of lies… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I think the other side of this is that while the contradictions matter, one of the things that you cannot lose sight… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to… — Cornelius Eady Copy Share Image
There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful -… — Brian Kolodiejchuk Copy Share Image
A perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Life itself is a state of continuous struggle between ourselves and everything outside. Every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
We live alone in our cluttered psyches, possessed by our entrenched beliefs, our fatuous desires, our endless contradictions - and like it… — A.S.A. Harrison Copy Share Image
Faith is a mental attitude that is so convinced of its own idea - which so completely accepts it - that any… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Certainly, I can choose to live in isolation. But therein lays the great rub; in doing so I have in reality chosen… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“He disliked contradiction, and still more, arguments that were continually skipping from one thing to another, introducing new and disconnected points, so… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning etc., beginning from his youth, and so go to… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Like Marxism, Thatcherism is, in fact, riddled with contradictions. Mrs. Thatcher, on the other hand, is free of doubt; she is the… — Julian Critchley Copy Share Image
Great art is not a matter of presenting one side or another, but presenting a picture so full of the contradictions, tragedies,… — Pauli Murray Copy Share Image
We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Marriage is - among other things - a study in contradiction and disappointment, and inside that reality there is space for us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Africa is a continent of contradiction not only in the area of natural resources. It is also a continent of contradiction in… — Alemayehu Mekonnen Copy Share Image
The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is… — Eddie Alvarez Copy Share Image
I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
“A mystic is anyone who has a gnawing suspicion that the apparent discord, brokenness, contradiction, and discontinuities that assault us every day… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My body is in a state of perpetual contradiction, alive with anticipation and simultaneously dead of all other emotion.” — Alex Morel Copy Share Image
There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang. The notion of more than one universe, more… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Everybody should have health care, on the one hand. But on the other hand, if you ask Americans, "Are you willing to… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
It is a contradiction to support increased development assistance, yet turn a blind eye to actions by multinationals anothers that undermine the… — Trevor Manuel Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions. — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
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