Paradox Quotes

503 Paradox quotes by 397 unique authors

We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that's the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was that it was… — Ben Shahn
The paradox of simplicity is that making things simpler is hard work. — Bill Jensen
There is a belief that there is a hyperobject called Overmind, or God, that casts a shadow into time. History is our group experience if… — Terence McKenna
And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you're consistent, you're vulnerable to attack. Yes, it's… — Tom Peters
Instead, over the past thirty years, in the world of action and adventure sports, in situations where asses really were on the line, the bounds… — Steven Kotler
The paradox of friendship is that it is both the strongest thing in the world and the most fragile. Wild horses cannot separate friends, but… — Sydney J. Harris
The more we grow in love and virtue and holiness, the more we see love and virtue and holiness outside. All condemnation of others really… — Swami Vivekananda
The measure of your enlightenment is the degree to which you are comfortable with paradox, contradiction, and ambiguity. — Deepak Chopra
Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism . Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil… — Kwame Nkrumah
Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human. — Simon Sinek
Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too… — Spencer W. Kimball
It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe... The… — Steven Pressfield
The most exquisite paradox; as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. — Ram Dass
A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love. — William Watson Purkey
You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the… — Deepak Chopra
A paradox: the same century invented history and photography. But history is a memory fabricated according to positive formulas, a pure intellectual discourse which abolishes… — Roland Barthes
Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of #storytelling. — Jeremy Northam
Everything is paradox. The danger is one-dimensional thinking. — Lesley Hazleton
The paradox is that when resistance is fully accepted, the resistance disappears. — Adyashanti
There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is. — Ellen Page
If we have free will, by definition we cannot be granted it. We can't be given it. My [-audio-recording-distorted-] paradox states that 'Of course we… — Christopher Hitchens
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… — Mikhail Tal
The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation. — Piero Scaruffi
It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent… — Glenn Close
New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the inferno with no-out-of… — John Gunther

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