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title: "Best Paradox Wisdom"
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> [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/)

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> [Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox—the single most worthy path of the fearless mind . . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/along-the-blade-of-a-knife-lies-the-path-of-paradox-the-single-most/)

[Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/)

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> [A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-watson-purkey/a-poignant-paradox-is-that-sometimes-the-very-desire-to-be-a-good/)

[William Watson Purkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-watson-purkey/)

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> [“Diepzinnigheid die niet gebakerd ligt in paradoxale oppervlakkigheid is natuurlijk een gruwel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-wolkers/diepzinnigheid-die-niet-gebakerd-ligt-in-paradoxale-oppervlakkigheid/)

[Jan Wolkers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-wolkers/)

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> [Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/seek-freedom-and-become-captive-of-your-desires-seek-discipline-and/)

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

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> [“Here's the paradox. We can fully embrace God's love only when we recognize how completely unworthy of it we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-tatlock/here-s-the-paradox-we-can-fully-embrace-god-s-love-only-when-we/)

[Ann Tatlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-tatlock/)

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> [To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-clarkson/to-be-complex-does-not-mean-to-be-fragmented-this-is-the-paradox-and/)

[Adrienne Clarkson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-clarkson/)

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> [Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/irony-is-the-form-of-paradox-paradox-is-what-is-good-and-great-at-the/)

[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/)

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> [“The ancient sages never put their teachings in systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-ancient-sages-never-put-their-teachings-in-systematic-form-they/)

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

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> [Paradox is thus a much deeper and universal concept than the ancients would have dreamed. Rather than an oddity, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/paradox-is-thus-a-much-deeper-and-universal-concept-than-the-ancients/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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> ['The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-shandling/the-larry-sanders-show-it-s-actually-about-love-which-would-sound/)

[Garry Shandling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-shandling/)

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> [You might find me outside with a can of hair spray, spraying it with the hope that the sun will burn a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/you-might-find-me-outside-with-a-can-of-hair-spray-spraying-it-with/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

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> [“The paradox of democracy is that its stability is born of its openness to upheaval through elections, legislation, and social action. Disruption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/the-paradox-of-democracy-is-that-its-stability-is-born-of-its/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/what-monstrous-absurdities-and-paradoxes-have-resisted-whole/)

[Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-repplier/)

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> [The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-hillenbrand/the-paradox-of-vengefulness-is-that-it-makes-men-dependent-upon-those/)

[Laura Hillenbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-hillenbrand/)

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> [Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/here-is-the-paradox-of-the-thing-we-call-freedom-the-farther-we/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

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> [What interests me is the following paradox: of how, precisely in our liberal societies, where no one can even imagine a transcendental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/what-interests-me-is-the-following-paradox-of-how-precisely-in-our/)

[Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-king/misanthropes-have-some-admirable-if-paradoxical-virtues-it-is-no/)

[Florence King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-king/)

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> [I think that in this globalised world, the local is going to become more and more important - it is a paradox.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-think-that-in-this-globalised-world-the-local-is-going-to-become/)

[Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/)

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> [Salman is a paradox. He has this image of a moody actor who turns up late for shoots or doesn't turn up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asin/salman-is-a-paradox-he-has-this-image-of-a-moody-actor-who-turns-up/)

[Asin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asin/)

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> [If a baby really has no awareness of himself and is totally thing-directed and at the same time all his states of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/if-a-baby-really-has-no-awareness-of-himself-and-is-totally-thing/)

[Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/)

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> [What’s this? What are the antagonists doing here – infiltrating their own audience? Well, they’re not really. It’s somebody else’s audience at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/what-s-this-what-are-the-antagonists-doing-here-infiltrating-their/)

[Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/)

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> [Ayla, I looked for you all my life and didn't know I was looking. You are everything I ever wanted, everything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-m-auel/ayla-i-looked-for-you-all-my-life-and-didn-t-know-i-was-looking-you/)

[Jean M. Auel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-m-auel/)

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> [Hackman's paradox: Groups have natural advantages: they have more resources than individuals; greater diversity of resources; more flexibility in deploying the resources;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-richard-hackman/hackman-s-paradox-groups-have-natural-advantages-they-have-more/)

[J. Richard Hackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-richard-hackman/)

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> [To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-have-found-god-and-still-to-pursue-him-is-the-soul-s-paradox-of-3/)

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

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> [The most exquisite paradox; as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/the-most-exquisite-paradox-as-soon-as-you-give-it-all-up-you-can-have-2/)

[Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/)

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> [Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/most-marriages-recognize-this-paradox-passion-destroys-passion-we/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [“I am usually at my most brutally forthright when making shit up. That's the paradox of me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitl-n-r-kiernan/i-am-usually-at-my-most-brutally-forthright-when-making-shit-up-that/)

[Caitlín R. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitl-n-r-kiernan/)

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> [... This is the paradox of vision: Sharp perception softens our existence in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-griffin/this-is-the-paradox-of-vision-sharp-perception-softens-our-existence/)

[Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-griffin/)

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> [This is classic when you begin thinking about what is a great founder is, you navigate what is apparent paradoxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reid-hoffman/this-is-classic-when-you-begin-thinking-about-what-is-a-great-founder/)

[Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reid-hoffman/)

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> [The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-way-of-paradoxes-is-the-way-of-truth-to-test-reality-we-must-see/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Don't you know that it is only the very foolish folk who talk sense all the time? (Anne)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/don-t-you-know-that-it-is-only-the-very-foolish-folk-who-talk-sense/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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> [I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-have-found-the-paradox-that-if-i-love-until-it-hurts-then-there-is/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“The paradox of illuminating complexity is that it is inherently difficult to do so without erasing all of the nuance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shenk/the-paradox-of-illuminating-complexity-is-that-it-is-inherently/)

[David Shenk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shenk/)

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> [The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-a-levine/the-paradox-of-trauma-is-that-it-has-both-the-power-to-destroy-and/)

[Peter A. Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-a-levine/)

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> [One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-van-orman-quine/one-man-s-antinomy-is-another-man-s-falsidical-paradox-give-or-take-a/)

[Willard Van Orman Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-van-orman-quine/)

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> [“To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows is true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-suggs/to-make-a-statement-that-one-knows-is-false-is-more-honest-than-to/)

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

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> [Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-syed/progress-is-built-in-effect-upon-the-foundations-of-necessary-failure/)

[Matthew Syed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-syed/)

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> [There's a weird kind of paradox that the more expensive the vacation is, the more potentially anxiety-producing it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/there-s-a-weird-kind-of-paradox-that-the-more-expensive-the-vacation/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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                        "text": "What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!",
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                        "text": "The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.",
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                        "text": "What interests me is the following paradox: of how, precisely in our liberal societies, where no one can even imagine a transcendental cause for which to die, we are allowed to adopt a hedonistic, utilitarian, or even more spiritually egotistical stance - like, the goal of my life is the realization of all my potential, fulfillment of my innermost desires, whatever you want.",
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                        "text": "To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.",
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                        "text": "... This is the paradox of vision: Sharp perception softens our existence in the world.",
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