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title: "Best Paradox Qoutes"
description: "Browse 1,142 Paradox quotes by 869 authors. Discover the best Paradox sayings and thoughts."
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> [I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romola-garai/i-realise-there-s-an-innate-paradox-in-promoting-oneself-on-the-one/)

[Romola Garai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romola-garai/)

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> [The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-errera/the-paradox-is-the-seed-of-truth-this-germ-just-needs-a-fertile/)

[Leo Errera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-errera/)

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> [Poetry is the harnessing of the paradox of earth cradling life and then entombing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-the-harnessing-of-the-paradox-of-earth-cradling-life-and/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

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> [Thinking about language, while thinking \_in\_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/thinking-about-language-while-thinking-in-language-leads-to-puzzles/)

[James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/)

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> [Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kasner/perhaps-the-greatest-paradox-of-all-is-that-there-are-paradoxes-in/)

[Edward Kasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kasner/)

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> [There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/there-is-this-paradox-in-fear-he-is-most-likely-to-inspire-it-in/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/the-paradox-of-race-in-america-is-that-our-common-destiny-is-more/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [“The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/the-funny-thing-about-the-heart-is-a-soft-heart-is-a-strong-heart-and/)

[Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/)

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> [Knowing that a paradox is required for life as we know it to exist allows me to give up trying constantly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brancatisano/knowing-that-a-paradox-is-required-for-life-as-we-know-it-to-exist/)

[Richard Brancatisano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brancatisano/)

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> [“The 1st rule of logic club is that the 2nd rule is false. The 2nd rule of logic club is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/makuochukwu-okigbo/the-1st-rule-of-logic-club-is-that-the-2nd-rule-is-false-the-2nd-rule/)

[Makuochukwu Okigbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/makuochukwu-okigbo/)

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> [This year, we must address the Colorado Paradox. We have more college degrees per capita than any state. Yet we lag the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-owens/this-year-we-must-address-the-colorado-paradox-we-have-more-college/)

[Bill Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-owens/)

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> [It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/it-is-a-sad-paradox-that-when-male-authors-impersonate-women-they-are/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/the-rewards-of-freedom-are-always-sweet-but-its-demands-are-stern-for/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

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> [“A town with many men who are less educated and as such ignorant of the real solution to the woes of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/a-town-with-many-men-who-are-less-educated-and-as-such-ignorant-of/)

[Ernest Agyemang Yeboah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/)

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> [Pops added,you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve. And if you do, you never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pops-added-you-know-they-say-if-you-don-t-vote-you-get-the-government/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [As the humanities and liberal arts are downsized, privatized, and commodified, higher education finds itself caught in the paradox of claiming to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/as-the-humanities-and-liberal-arts-are-downsized-privatized-and/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [The paradox in China is that while some things change very rapidly, others don't. The appearance of its cities may be entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sze-tsung-leong/the-paradox-in-china-is-that-while-some-things-change-very-rapidly/)

[Sze Tsung Leong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sze-tsung-leong/)

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> [“The mysteries of life include the external and the internal conundrums that each person encounters in a world composed of competing ideologies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/the-mysteries-of-life-include-the-external-and-the-internal/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hearst/zaha-hadid-s-maxxi-museum-is-proof-that-rome-and-contemporary/)

[Amanda Hearst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hearst/)

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> [I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-barth/i-particularly-scorn-my-fondness-for-paradox-i-despise-pessimism/)

[John Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-barth/)

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> [ “I’d say that most of these \[poems in Jason Mashak's book SALTY AS A LIP\] are just straightforward enough, but not entirely… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sage-cohen/i-d-say-that-most-of-these-poems-in-jason-mashak-s-book-salty-as-a/)

[Sage Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sage-cohen/)

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> [The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-most-fundamental-paradox-is-that-if-we-re-never-to-use-force-we/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/abandon-the-urge-to-simplify-everything-to-look-for-formulas-and-easy/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

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> [In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/in-our-heart-we-know-that-life-loves-life-yet-we-feast-on-some-of-the/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

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> [“Love, the phenomenal act of canceling self in favor of the very same self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giannis-delimitsos/love-the-phenomenal-act-of-canceling-self-in-favor-of-the-very-same/)

[Giannis Delimitsos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giannis-delimitsos/)

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> [The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/the-curious-paradox-is-that-when-i-accept-myself-just-as-i-am-then-i/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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> [The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s right but we minimize his capacities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-wood-krutch/the-grand-paradox-of-our-society-is-this-we-magnify-man-s-right-but/)

[Joseph Wood Krutch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-wood-krutch/)

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> [“Double standards are inspiration to men of letters, but they are apt to be fatal to politicians.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/double-standards-are-inspiration-to-men-of-letters-but-they-are-apt/)

[Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/)

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> [I Have Found The Paradox If You Love Till It Hurts There Can Be No More Hurt Only More Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-rosales/i-have-found-the-paradox-if-you-love-till-it-hurts-there-can-be-no/)

[Ashley Rosales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-rosales/)

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> [That one individual should awaken in another memories that belong to still a third is an obvious paradox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/that-one-individual-should-awaken-in-another-memories-that-belong-to/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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> [The paradox of romantic love -- that what one possesses, one can no longer desire -- was at work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-bowen/the-paradox-of-romantic-love-that-what-one-possesses-one-can-no/)

[Elizabeth Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-bowen/)

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> [“Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/humor-and-paradox-are-often-the-only-ways-to-respond-to-life-s-sorrow/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

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> [“As a rule, I believe people shouldn't follow rules; rules should follow people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-micha-el-leventhal/as-a-rule-i-believe-people-shouldn-t-follow-rules-rules-should-follow/)

[Eric Micha'el Leventhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-micha-el-leventhal/)

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> [Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive appearance of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/scientific-truth-is-always-paradox-if-judged-by-everyday-experience/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are fixed and certain only when we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/perhaps-this-is-our-strange-and-haunting-paradox-here-in-america-that-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Nowadays we see things that hurt us. But they do not really hurt us, if they make us stronger than how can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/nowadays-we-see-things-that-hurt-us-but-they-do-not-really-hurt-us-if/)

[Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/)

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> [The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/the-best-reaction-to-a-paradox-is-to-invent-a-genuinely-new-and-deep/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

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> [“A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakub-bo-ydar-wi-niewski/a-philosopher-operates-with-deductions-a-sophist-operates-with/)

[Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakub-bo-ydar-wi-niewski/)

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> [Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/technology-is-both-a-tool-for-helping-humans-and-for-destroying-them/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/i-learned-to-make-my-mind-large-as-the-universe-is-large-so-that-2/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

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                        "text": "Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter.",
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                        "text": "In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we kill to live. Taste is what carries us across that rocky moral terrain, what makes the horror palatable, and the paradox we could not defend by reason melts into a jungle of sweet temptations.",
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