Discovery Quote by Paul Valery

“Paradoxes haunt the lives of born wayfinders, driving them to seek resolutions to the apparent contradictions in their lives, enticing them into the world…

— Martha N. Beck

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

— William Poundstone

“A paradox is a truth in absolute defiance of the instant powers of logic to communicate it.”

— Raheel Farooq

The paradox is that we have this amazing capacity in our minds and hearts to learn and gain insights and then to build a…

— Mark Nepo

“A paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention.”

— Nicholas Falletta

Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.

— Mason Cooley

The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.

— Ian Hacking

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Alan Watts

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

— Pearl Zhu

“At times, one can win clever people over to a principle merely by presenting it in the form of an outrageous paradox.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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