Assumption Quote by Mark Nepo

Paradox is the sharpest scalpel in the satchel of science. Nothing concentrates the mind as effectively, regardless of whether it pits two competing theories…

— Hans Christian von Baeyer

A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all things honestly…

— Richard Rohr

A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention.

— Alan Watts

Knowing that a paradox is required for life as we know it to exist allows me to give up trying constantly to understand it…

— Richard Brancatisano

“The paradox is “a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.”

— Pearl Zhu

I think I am intrigued by paradoxes. If something seems to be a paradox, it has something deeper, something worth exploring.

— Roger Penrose

[Paradox is] truth standing on its head to gain attention.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“I never use paradox. The statements I make are wearisome and obvious common sense. I have even been driven to the tedium of reading…

— G.K. Chesterton

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope.

— Oscar Wilde

“paradox—it takes knowledge to gain knowledge—is”

— Joshua Foer

I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I'm a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

The assumption that anything true is knowable is the grandfather of paradoxes.

— William Poundstone