Paradoxically Quotes

84 quotes by 78 authors

We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read… — Daniel Pennac
Impelled by feelings that were primal yet paradoxically wholly impersonal. Feelings of contempt born of inchoate, unacknowledged fear--civilization's fear of nature, men's fear of women,… — Arundhati Roy
A life without problems or limitations or challenges--life without "opposition in all things," as Lehi phrased it (2 Nephi 2:11)--would paradoxically but in very fact… — Jeffrey R. Holland
I suppose it is submerged realities that give to dreams their curious air of hyper-reality. But perhaps there is something else as well, something nebulous,… — W G Sebald
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever.… — Nicolas Bouvier
That eating should be foremost about bodily health is a relatively new and, I think, destructive idea-destructive not just the pleasure of eating, which would… — Michael Pollan
We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention our worldly goods.… — Erich Segal
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love. — Erich Fromm
I never wish to be easily defined. Iâ€™d rather float over other peopleâ€™s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically… — Franz Kafka
Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way… — Eleanor Roosevelt
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. — Walter Inglis Anderson
For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us… — Douglas Coupland
Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationalist, relations between Japan and China have paradoxically improved… — Martin Jacques
Paradoxically, resource-rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources. One reason for this is that large resource endowments provide… — Peter Singer
Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in… — Edmund White
But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of.… — Lawrence Kasdan
Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly… — Mark Hyman
Paradoxically, all these wonderful dimensions that we want for our being are completely missing, being a hope, a dream about the perfection of the being. — Sorin Cerin
Paradoxically nothing exists. — Jeremy Limn

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