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«I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.»
«I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new world order emerging through all this period of strain and pain and contradiction, so more than ever, we need to have an internal sense of navigation»
Author: William Irwin Thompson
| About:
Mankind,
Understanding
| Keywords:
contradiction, emerging, internal, navigation, New World, strain
«In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
contradiction, evolution, formal, formal logic, in progress, Marks, signal, step in
«He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.»
«Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.»
«I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure [Jesus Christ].»
«It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction between profession and practice-that is to say with a strong feeling of guilt-are likely to be the most fervent in imposing their faith on others»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| Keywords:
contradiction, fervent, guilt, imposing, Movements, plausible, profession, that is to say
«He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention»
«In love all the contradiction of existence merge themselves and are lost. Only in love are unity and duality not at variance. Love must be one and two at the same time. Only love is motion and rest in one. Our heart ever changes its place till it fin»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
at variance, contradiction, duality, ever-changing, fin, fins, merge, merging, motion, unity, variance
«It is... axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
axiomatic, contradiction, dealings, insensitive, insensitivity, sensitive
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