21 quotes found
“Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.”
“It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.”
“When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.”
“Dune was a world of paradox nowa world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.”
“Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly hero. Most writers spend their lives writing about unexp...”
“The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”
“If you are willing to do only whats easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do whats hard, life will be easy.”
“The paradox of indecisiveness lies in uncertainty.”
“The paradox is the result of two opposing truths existing side by side, which can be both right.”
“Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention.”
“That's the news from Lake Woebegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.”
“Service that is purely self serving, becomes a vice.Do not serve, vice.”
“His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching.”
“Just because a path never existed, doesn't mean that it isn't there...”
“As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.”
“Here is a paradox: People who think imperfect are closer to perfection than their counterparts who claim that they're perfect or closer...”
“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”
“The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. And the second-worst mistake is to think you aren't looking though the lens of your pre...”
“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
“Dune was a world of paradox now—a world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.”
