Paradoxically Quotes

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Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life. — A J Muste
Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Paradoxically, only journeying backward in time and reentering the home we once knew allows us to go forward to the home we've always wanted. — Gloria Steinem
My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results. — Seth Godin
Paradoxically, those who call for family values also tout the wonders of an unregulated market without observing the subtle cultural links between the family they… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
This desire to fashion, to shape, a self and a life has all but gone from a contemporary culture whose emphasis, paradoxically enough, is so… — Lionel Trilling
Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present ourselves… — Sidney Jourard
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals, new beginnings. If… — Thomas Merton
The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its… — James Joll
There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are… — Jimmy Carter
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. — Vaclav Havel
Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go… — Patton Oswalt
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. — Oscar Wilde
Todayâ€™s milestone is human madness. Politics is a part of it, particularly in its lethal outbursts. Politics is not, as it was for Hannah Arendt,… — Julia Kristeva
We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the… — Julio Cortazar
Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity. — P.D. James
I believe that true identity is found . . . in creative activity springing from within. It is found, paradoxically, when one loses oneself. Woman… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions… — Albert Camus
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain… — Joan Didion

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