427 Quotes About Paradox

It is a curious thing that we think it is more true to be sad than to be happy.

But that’s the paradox of expectations; they are infamous for generally never being fulfilled

The moon will go through different phases –waxing and waning; yet its changing phasesare the constant we hold on to for all our life

You don't value things that easily come to you. You value things that are hard to get. You keep running after them and complain, "Why are things I desire hard to get?

Here we have both a paradox, and a beautiful symmetry. It is a duality. I am the earth and you are the moon, and you are the earth and I am the moon.

I keep falling deep down into my abyss… It’s the end of meaning and the beginning of meaning.

Our cure for pain is the very root of it: Revenge.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Our subject is, you see, impelled towards the good by, paradoxically, being impelled towards evil. The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress. To counter these the subject has to switch to a diametrically opposed attitude.