Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.
Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox; that longs for the beloved and is secretly relieved when the beloved is not there.
One the grand paradoxes of existence and nonexistence is the uncertainty of uncertainty. Even uncertainty can be uncertain. However, can you be certain of such uncertainty?
My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.
...the existential paradox we all experience; we feel that we are immortal, yet we know that we will die.
When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's very fragile.
Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.
It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment.
It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Africa and indeed Nigeria has always been a paradox, an inexplicable contraction of a blessed land with a poor masses
It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.
It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.
It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.
After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see.
Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds.
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
Every man knows that he will die: and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but the entity of a sane being.
More than almost anything else, the experience of parenthood exposes the gulf between our experiencing and remembering selves. Our experiencing selves tell researchers that we prefer doing the dishes -- or napping, or shopping, or answering emails --...
We fear what we long for. This is the paradox.
The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.