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> [As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-k-s-iyengar/as-animals-we-walk-the-earth-as-bearers-of-divine-essence-we-are/)

[B.K.S. Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-k-s-iyengar/)

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> [Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-m-disch/here-was-a-flower-the-daisy-reflected-strangely-like-itself-and-yet/)

[Thomas M. Disch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-m-disch/)

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> [All through autumn we hear a double voice: one says everything is ripe; the other says everything is dying. The paradox is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretel-ehrlich/all-through-autumn-we-hear-a-double-voice-one-says-everything-is-ripe/)

[Gretel Ehrlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretel-ehrlich/)

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> [Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/our-western-society-is-showing-its-technological-muscles-in-ever-more/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margrethe-vestager/we-want-a-free-market-but-we-know-that-the-paradox-of-a-free-market/)

[Margrethe Vestager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margrethe-vestager/)

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> [“What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time; and what will become of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jaques-rousseau-2/what-conclusion-is-to-be-drawn-from-this-paradox-so-worthy-of-being/)

Jean Jaques Rousseau

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> [“Beware those who stand nearest, for they see both your strengths and your scars. The hand that offers comfort can just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-lagrenat/beware-those-who-stand-nearest-for-they-see-both-your-strengths-and/)

[Pierre Lagrenat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-lagrenat/)

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> [The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-tal/the-cherished-dream-of-every-chessplayer-is-to-play-a-match-with-the/)

[Mikhail Tal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-tal/)

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> [“It is a paradox, then, that while we insist on the sovereignty of individual choice in all that we do and buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-johnson/it-is-a-paradox-then-that-while-we-insist-on-the-sovereignty-of/)

[Julian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-johnson/)

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> [Enhancement not only allows the possibilities of a healthy fullness and exuberance, but of a rather ominous extravagance, aberration, monstrosity ... This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-sacks/enhancement-not-only-allows-the-possibilities-of-a-healthy-fullness/)

[Oliver Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-sacks/)

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> [“Lately I’ve had to redefine the word “knowledge” to a knowledge that cannot know anything. I’m dealing not in careless absurdities here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretel-ehrlich/lately-i-ve-had-to-redefine-the-word-knowledge-to-a-knowledge-that/)

[Gretel Ehrlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretel-ehrlich/)

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> [“In this temporal existence, perfection is an illusion, regardless of those who believe in its concept. Perfection is devoid of any value.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-suggs/in-this-temporal-existence-perfection-is-an-illusion-regardless-of/)

[Lionel Suggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-suggs/)

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> [“The Angel of Death took the woman's frail hand. "Don't be afraid." she said. "Life is your past. Death, on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-roberts/the-angel-of-death-took-the-woman-s-frail-hand-don-t-be-afraid-she/)

[Patti Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-roberts/)

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> [“Today, as we have seen, fascism and communism are discredited, but are replaced by a paraphilic consumer culture driven by fantasy, desperately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hollis/today-as-we-have-seen-fascism-and-communism-are-discredited-but-are/)

[James Hollis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hollis/)

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> [“To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/to-know-and-not-to-know-to-be-conscious-of-complete-truthfulness/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/although-this-may-seem-a-paradox-all-exact-science-is-dominated-by/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/it-is-a-great-paradox-and-a-great-injustice-that-writers-write/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

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> [But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gruber/but-there-s-the-paradox-of-fiction-why-do-you-cry-when-a-fake/)

[Michael Gruber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gruber/)

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> [It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ferguson/it-is-one-of-the-paradoxes-of-journalism-the-more-servile-a-reporter/)

Andrew Ferguson

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> [I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-de-saussure/i-m-almost-never-serious-and-i-m-always-too-serious-too-deep-too/)

[Ferdinand de Saussure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-de-saussure/)

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> [The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kimmelman/the-paradox-of-the-culture-wars-is-that-they-have-made-celebrities/)

[Michael Kimmelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kimmelman/)

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> [People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-cassel/people-pretend-to-be-nice-people-pretend-to-be-smooth-and-polite-and/)

[Vincent Cassel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-cassel/)

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> [The paradox explored in my book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' is that successful companies can fail by making the 'right' decisions in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/the-paradox-explored-in-my-book-the-innovator-s-dilemma-is-that/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

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> [“The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. The second worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-la-farge/the-worst-mistake-you-can-make-kroeber-taught-is-to-see-another/)

[Paul La Farge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-la-farge/)

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> [The best therapy for emotional blocks to math is the realization that the human race took centuries or millennia to see through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lancelot-hogben/the-best-therapy-for-emotional-blocks-to-math-is-the-realization-that/)

[Lancelot Hogben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lancelot-hogben/)

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> [It is surely one of the curious paradoxes of history that science which professionally has little to do with faith, owes its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loren-eiseley/it-is-surely-one-of-the-curious-paradoxes-of-history-that-science/)

[Loren Eiseley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loren-eiseley/)

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> [“The paradox of health care is that it is one of the most powerful ways of fighting poverty, yet can itself become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-lancet/the-paradox-of-health-care-is-that-it-is-one-of-the-most-powerful/)

[The Lancet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-lancet/)

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> [The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/the-paradoxes-of-today-are-the-prejudices-of-tomorrow-since-the-most/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-so-called-paradoxes-of-an-author-to-which-a-reader-takes/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“No one knows for sure that that tomorrow won't come, but most people assume that tomorrow will still exist as usual. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/no-one-knows-for-sure-that-that-tomorrow-won-t-come-but-most-people/)

[Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/)

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> [After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-page/after-an-eternity-of-seeking-the-sudden-threshold-of-seeing-and/)

[Joy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-page/)

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> [To a lot of Africans, seeing an animal is a something of a rarity. So it's a paradox of this sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/to-a-lot-of-africans-seeing-an-animal-is-a-something-of-a-rarity-so/)

[Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/)

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> [It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dallas-howard/it-was-such-a-paradox-for-me-that-the-only-thing-i-know-how-to-do-is/)

[Bryce Dallas Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dallas-howard/)

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> [What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/what-are-the-sources-of-poetry-love-and-death-and-the-paradox-of-love/)

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

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> [For thence a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, - Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-browning/for-thence-a-paradox-which-comforts-while-it-mocks-shall-life-succeed/)

[Robert Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-browning/)

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> [“At which Charion Pratt blushed girlishly, to her own furious embarrassment, yet the eye she cast upon the little coxcomb was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moorcock/at-which-charion-pratt-blushed-girlishly-to-her-own-furious/)

[Michael Moorcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moorcock/)

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> [“I call it the Pretty Paradox. Pretty girls always want guys who treat them, and most everyone else, like complete shit. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-corey-whaley/i-call-it-the-pretty-paradox-pretty-girls-always-want-guys-who-treat/)

[John Corey Whaley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-corey-whaley/)

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> [There is nothing absolute and final. If everything were ironclad, all the rules absolute and everything structured so no paradox or irony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/itzhak-bentov/there-is-nothing-absolute-and-final-if-everything-were-ironclad-all/)

Itzhak Bentov

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> [There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bennett-miller/there-is-a-paradox-in-politics-that-what-it-takes-to-get-elected-is/)

[Bennett Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bennett-miller/)

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> [Nuclear weapons present us with a paradox: We spend billions of dollars building and maintaining them in the hope that we never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-feinstein/nuclear-weapons-present-us-with-a-paradox-we-spend-billions-of/)

[Dianne Feinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-feinstein/)

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                        "text": "“What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time; and what will become of virtue when one has to get rich at all cost? The ancient political thinkers forever spoke of morals and of virtue; ours speak only of commerce and money.”",
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                        "text": "The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.",
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                        "text": "“It is a paradox, then, that while we insist on the sovereignty of individual choice in all that we do and buy as fundamental to our idea of democracy, we have all but expunged the claims of judgment as such. It is symptomatic of our politically correct sensitivities that the idea of choice has almost replaced the idea of discrimination, a word that has entirely negative connotations today. To be discriminating used to mean to be capable of exercising judgment—to be wise, in fact. It implied that one understood the world and could discern the difference between things. We can hardly use “discrimination” in this way anymore, because the idea of discrimination is now inextricably linked to the idea of rejection and exclusion (whether on racial, sexual, or other grounds).”",
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                        "text": "Enhancement not only allows the possibilities of a healthy fullness and exuberance, but of a rather ominous extravagance, aberration, monstrosity ... This danger is built into the very nature of growth and life. Growth can become over-growth, life 'hyper-life' ... The paradox of an illness which can present as wellness - as a wonderful feeling of health and well-being, and only later reveal its malignant potentials - is one of the chimaeras, tricks and ironies of nature.",
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                        "text": "“Lately I’ve had to redefine the word “knowledge” to a knowledge that cannot know anything. I’m dealing not in careless absurdities here but in the way material reality is unobservable and implicit order can be found in paradox. Perhaps despair is the only human sin. Who am I to feel disappointment? Is a bird disappointed in the sky”",
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                        "text": "“In this temporal existence, perfection is an illusion, regardless of those who believe in its concept. Perfection is devoid of any value. Perfection, after all, implies you've reached the zenith. There is no possibility or potentiality. There is no room for imagination. There is no ability to visualize a concept. Perfection is limited by its own nature, which in short, is zero.”",
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                        "text": "“To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again: and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself -- that was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word 'doublethink' involved the use of doublethink.”",
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