--- title: "12 Paradox Life Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Paradox Life quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Paradox Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/lailah-gifty-akita-11_age_the-paradox-of-life-everyone-desire-a-fu_2640339.jpg" --- > [“The paradox of life; everyone desire a fuller life. But no one wishes to increase in age.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-paradox-of-life-everyone-desire-a-fuller-life-but-no-one-wishes/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/lailah-gifty-akita-11_age_the-paradox-of-life-everyone-desire-a-fu_2640339.jpg) > [Being is the greatest paradox of life in front of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sorin-cerin/being-is-the-greatest-paradox-of-life-in-front-of-death/) [Sorin Cerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sorin-cerin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/sorin-cerin-893_death_being-is-the-greatest-paradox-of-life-in_1860977.jpg) > [“The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-main/the-great-paradox-of-life-is-that-to-fully-live-we-must-let-a-piece/) [Darren Main](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-main/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/darren-main-4353_life_the-great-paradox-of-life-is-that-to-ful_1701965.png) > [It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/it-is-the-paradox-of-life-that-the-way-to-miss-pleasure-is-to-seek-it/) [Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/hugh-black-29546_firsts_it-is-the-paradox-of-life-that-the-way-t_1786404.jpg) > [“To be is the greatest paradox of life facing death. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sorin-cerin/to-be-is-the-greatest-paradox-of-life-facing-death/) [Sorin Cerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sorin-cerin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/sorin-cerin-893_death_to-be-is-the-greatest-paradox-of-life-fa_773769.jpg) > [It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/it-is-a-paradox-life-is-that-way-god-designed-it-that-way-i-believe-i/) [Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/christopher-pike-3399_believe_it-is-a-paradox-life-is-that-way-god-des_1293853.png) > [“Unless you admit it to yourself, that you don’t know what is going on, will you experience what is going on. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-hochberg/unless-you-admit-it-to-yourself-that-you-don-t-know-what-is-going-on/) [Art Hochberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-hochberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/art-hochberg-1133_life_unless-you-admit-it-to-yourself-that-you_640068.jpg) > [It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/it-is-a-paradox-of-life-that-all-species-breed-past-mere-replacement/) [David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/david-brin-3024_life_it-is-a-paradox-of-life-that-all-species_323240.png) > [So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hyde-pierce/so-much-of-life-is-paradox-so-much-of-life-is-neither-one-thing-nor/) [David Hyde Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hyde-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/david-hyde-pierce-20470_inspirational_so-much-of-life-is-paradox-so-much-of-li_913120.png) > [“The paradox of life lies exactly in this: its resources are finite, but it itself is endless. Such a contradictory state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-i-gitelson/the-paradox-of-life-lies-exactly-in-this-its-resources-are-finite-but/) [I.I. Gitelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-i-gitelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/i-i-gitelson-243310_contradictory_the-paradox-of-life-lies-exactly-in-this_2590654.jpg) > [“That is the fantastic intolerable paradox of my life, that I have gone questing for what I possessed initially -- a belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-steinberg/that-is-the-fantastic-intolerable-paradox-of-my-life-that-i-have-gone/) [Milton Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-steinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/milton-steinberg-43294_faith_that-is-the-fantastic-intolerable-parado_3013167.png) > [Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-millman/life-has-three-rules-paradox-humor-and-change-paradox-life-is-a/) [Dan Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-millman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/dan-millman-1475_about-yourself_life-has-three-rules-paradox-humor-and-c_3000737.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/paradox-life/#itemlist", "name": "Paradox Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The paradox of life; everyone desire a fuller life. 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