Quotes — Paradox (4 entries)

Impossible to resolve except by

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

— Simone Weil

« πλ | 23 Aug 2006 »

Nothing special…

Zen has an expression, “nothing special.” When you understand “nothing special,” you realize that everything is special. Everything’s special and nothing’s special. Everything’s spiritual and nothing’s spiritual. It’s how you see, it’s what eyes you’re looking through, that matters.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn [via]

« πλ | 27 Oct 2006 »

The opposite of a correct statement is…

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

— Niels Bohr

« πλ | 31 Oct 2006 »

Two paradoxes are better than one…

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

— Edward Teller

« πλ | 30 Oct 2006 »