Best Contradiction Lines

604 Contradiction quotes by 472 unique authors

There is nothing that you can do that is worse for yourself, than to do something that you believe is inappropriate. And so, get clear… — Esther Hicks
No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge. — Ayn Rand
An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction. — Thomas Brooks
In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one's hand, walk an… — Paul Washer
The differing opinions regarding the gospel are often categorized as different variations of the same truth, or coming at the same truth from different angles,… — Paul Washer
As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When… — Jack Kornfield
The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience,… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can. — Thomas Merton
So capital is in fact borderless; that's the problem. On the other hand capital has to keep borders alive in order for this kind of… — Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Flight is intolerable contradiction. — Muriel Rukeyser
Legalized abortion is a national holocaust; an affront to our national character; a contradiction of established principles subscribed to from the beginning of Western Civilization;… — Chuck Baldwin
I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy. — Paul Krassner
The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. ... If it leads to improving the well-being of… — Mikhail Gorbachev
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to,… — Jonathan Mayhew
The idea that the Christian god is just, is directly contradicted by the idea that the Christian god is merciful. Perfect justice and any mercy… — Matt Dillahunty
There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the development of individualised human minds… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Isn’t everyone’s life a mass of contradictions? — Noah Feldman
No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'-… — Gerry Adams
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced… — A. R. Ammons
There isn't anything to worry about between science and religion, because the contradictions are just in your own mind. Of course they are there, but… — Unknown Author
It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education. — Paulo Freire
Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students. — Paulo Freire
I do hope I play out the contradictions that I feel, all the anxieties and dilemmas. If they're there in the work, then that's brilliant. — Jenny Saville

Who Wrote These Contradiction Quotes

472 authors contributed a total of 604 Contradiction Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Contradiction Lines

More Ways to Read Contradiction Quotes

Who Wrote These Contradiction Quotes