Paradoxically Quotes

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As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical pain,… — Clifford Geertz
Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible. — James Surowiecki
Life is often more a sweat than a pleasure but, paradoxically, it is the sweat that gives true meaning to all of life's pleasures. This… — Don Pendleton
Paradoxically one of the greatest advantages of mind maps is that they are seldom needed again. The very act of constructing a map is itself… — Peter Russell
In flight...entire days can be wound back or skipped over...as we exist merely in a world of vapor. Adventures are both beginning and coming to… — Josh Gates
Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what… — Kano Jigoro
Time, we like to say, cures all. But maybe the old saying doesnâ€™t mean time heals. Time cures a secret in its brine, keeping it… — Patricia Hampl
Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a special case of… — Peter Forsyth
Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of… — Kenzaburo Oe
...the materialism of modern civilization is paradoxically founded on a hatred of materiality, a goal-oriented desire to obliterate all natural limits through technology, imposing an… — Alan Watts
People who are wrong during particularly important moments inevitably spend the rest of their lives trying to explain how their wrongness was paradoxically correct, or-at… — Chuck Klosterman
We establish a connection with the unknown through the act of giving something and, paradoxically, the act of destroying something. That is what is behind… — Roberto Calasso
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see. — Margaret Atwood
What Iâ€™ve learned along the way is that existence is cosmic theatre, but paradoxically, we should play our roles to the absolute best of our… — Tom Robbins
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your… — Eckhart Tolle
The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is an… — Milton Friedman
Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving… — Gil Fronsdal
We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the greatest joy when… — Thom S. Rainer
There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you. — Martin Scorsese
The person who is right is the person who is the strongest, in this case, paradoxically, it's the cowards who are the brave ones, and… — Paulo Coelho

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