Paradoxical Quotes

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It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection… — Leo Buscaglia
There are living systems; there is no living "matter." No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its own,… — Jacques Monod
Whenever the essential nature of things is analysed by the intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has always been recognized by the mystics,… — Fritjof Capra
Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it,… — Benjamin Peirce
We must remain, in a word, in an intellectual disposition which seems paradoxical, but which, in my opinion, represents the true mind of the investigator.… — Claude Bernard
Both the physicist and the mystic want to communicate their knowledge, and when they do so with words their statements are paradoxical and full of… — Fritjof Capra
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
I teach you both effort and effortlessness, because unless you attain to effortless-effort, unless you attain to active passivity, unless you attain to a singing-silence… — Rajneesh
Paradoxical as it may at first appear, the fact is that, as W. H. George has said, scientific research is an art, not a science. — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of… — Lawrence B. Lindsey
The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world, but the paradoxical… — Thomas Nagel
Science now finds itself in paradoxical strife with society: admired but mistrusted; offering hope for the future but creating ambiguous choice; richly supported yet unable… — J. Michael Bishop
It's paradoxical that where people are most closely crowded, in the big coastal cities of the East and West, the loneliness is the greatest...The explanation… — Robert M. Pirsig
Truth is always paradoxical. — Henry David Thoreau
Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the team but are not autocratic… — Guy Kawasaki
Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do… — Isabelle Huppert
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. — David Antin
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues… — John F. Kennedy
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure… — Malcolm Gladwell
In True Meditation, we're in the body as a means to transcend it. It is paradoxical that the greatest doorway to the transcendence of form… — Adyashanti

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