Paradox Quotes - Page 5

• No hay nada más corruptor, nada más destructivo de los sentimientos más nobles y finos de nuestra naturaleza, que el ejercicio de un poder ilimitado.

  William Henry Harrison

  Naturaleza, Militar, Ejercicio

  David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Estados Unidos. Presidente (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). "William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; cronología, documentos, ayudas bibliográficas", Oceana Pubns

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• As you open your awareness, life will improve of itself, you won't even have to try. It's a beautiful paradox: the more you open your consciousness, the fewer unpleasant events intrude themselves into your awareness.

  Thaddeus Golas

  Beautiful, Trying, Events

  Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.72, Gibbs Smith

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• Para que el mal florezca, sólo hace falta que los hombres buenos no hagan nada.

  Simon Wiesenthal

  Hombres, Historia, Maldad

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• Lo más difícil en fotografía es crear una imagen sencilla.

  Anne Geddes

  Photography, Simple, Creating

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• Art is so often better at theology than theology is.

  Christian Wiman

  Funny, Art, Theology

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• Los misántropos tenemos algunas virtudes admirables, aunque paradójicas. No es exagerado decir que somos de las personas más agradables que se pueden conocer. Como los buenos modales construyen muros robustos, nuestra aversión a la intimidad nos convierte en "barcos que pasan de noche" sumamente cordiales. Mientras sigas siendo un extraño, seremos tus amigos para siempre.

  Florence King

  Amistad, Relación, Muro

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• The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities.

  Tomochichi

  Nativo Americano, Hombres, Blanco

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• Casi nunca soy serio, y siempre soy demasiado serio. Demasiado profundo, demasiado superficial. Demasiado sensible, demasiado frío de corazón. Soy como una colección de paradojas.

  Ferdinand de Saussure

  Cold Hearted, Serious, Sensitive

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• Quizá la mayor paradoja de todas sea que existen paradojas en matemáticas.

  Edward Kasner

  Matemáticas

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• I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

  Oscar Wilde

  Air, Ideas, Fancy

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• That's the paradox. Since we can spend as long as we want, we worked so much faster than we used to. I think that when you don't have the pressure anymore, the ideas come faster.

  Nicolas Godin

  Thinking, Long

  Fuente: pitchfork.com

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• The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

  Leo Errera

  Truth, Needs, Fruit

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• Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

  John Fowles

  Passion, Want, Ends

  "Los Aristos: Un autorretrato en ideas". Libro de John Fowles, 1964.

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• To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.

  Mason Cooley

  Advice, Trying, Rhyme

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• In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

  Rick Perry

  Responsibility, Government, Sight

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• Es una extraña paradoja que un hombre dotado de demasiados talentos pueda desperdiciarlos todos sin desarrollar al máximo ni uno solo.

  Wilbur Smith

  Men, Strange, Talent

  Wilbur Smith (2008). “Rage”, p.239, Pan Macmillan

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• Así pues, la paradoja es un concepto mucho más profundo y universal de lo que los antiguos hubieran soñado. Más que una rareza, es un pilar de la filosofía de la ciencia.

  William Poundstone

  Philosophy, Oddities, Deeper

  "Laberintos de la razón: Paradojas, enigmas y la fragilidad del conocimiento". Libro de William Poundstone, 1988.

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• When I run into a paradox I think either I'm a total horse's ass to have gotten to this point, or I'm fruitfully near the edge of my discipline. It adds excitement to life to wonder which it is.

  Charlie Munger

  Correr, Caballo, Pensar

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• I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.

  Burgess Meredith

  Atracciones

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything fresh and new, while habit implies routine and repetition. That paradox intrigues me because it occupies the place where creativity and skill rub up against each other.

  Twyla Tharp

  Inspiración, Creatividad, Pensamiento

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). "El hábito creativo: Learn It and Use It for Life", Simon and Schuster

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• Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Military, War, Names

  "Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s “Open Veins,” on His New Book 'Children of the Days'". Interview With Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. May 8, 2013.

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• Dreams are self-created, but dreamers often do not understand the images that their own minds produce. Therein lays the essential paradox of dreams; dreams reveal that we all possess subconscious ability. Furthermore, our subconscious mind, as it is revealed through dreams, proves itself to be talented, artistic, insightful, perceptive and intelligent.

  Charles McPhee

  Dream, Intelligent, Self

  Fuente: www.nbcnews.com

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• The inability to love and accept yourself and your humanity is at the heart of many illnesses. To be loved and accepted, you must start by loving yourself. If you have traits that you consider unlovable, you must love them anyway... it's a paradox.

  Christiane Northrup

  Healing, Heart, Health

  Christiane Northrup, M.D. (2017). “A Daily Dose of Women's Wisdom”, p.33, Hay House, Inc

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• Una de las paradojas de la escritura es que cuando escribes no ficción todo el mundo intenta demostrar que está mal, y cuando publicas ficción, todo el mundo intenta ver la verdad en ella.

  Scarlett Thomas

  Writing, Trying, Fiction

  Scarlett Thomas (2010). “Our Tragic Universe”, p.351, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Esa es la paradoja de la pérdida: ¿Cómo puede pesarnos tanto algo que ya no está?

  Jodi Picoult

  Loss, Gone

  Randy Susan Meyers, M. J. Rose, Ronlyn Domingue, Sarah Pekkanen, Jodi Picoult (2013). “Atria Book Club Bites: A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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