Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Paradox Quotes
ParadoxSelf-ContemptSelf Respect Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.
ExistenceGodMysteryParadox It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.
ExistentialismParadoxSelf Worth When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.
EducationFreedom of ThoughtIntelligenceParadox We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.
EliteMediocrityParadoxPoliticsPublic Good Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.
ParadoxReligionSpirituality I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
BeliefParadoxPhilosophySimplicity The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
ContradictionDualityInterconnectednessParadoxUnity Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
HumanityMoralityParadoxVictoryWar How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
DisillusionmentFateIdealismParadox It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
CognitionIronyMemoryParadox If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
ClarityCommunicationParadoxUnderstanding In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
LeadershipParadoxPeaceWar Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace, and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
CrimeLawOrderParadox The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
