#contradictory

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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And hence he must be invisible; for a spirit cannot be seen by the eye of man: nor is there any thing in this principle contradictory to reason or experience. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#cannot #contradictory #experience #eye #hence

To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#chaos #character #contradictory #hash #ideas

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#contradictory #her #him #important #label

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#emotion #messy #true

I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#change #contradictory #i #i am #i see

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#contradictory #find #full #however #i

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#confidence #contradictory #humility #preacher #qualities

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#paradoxical #reality

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. ↗

— George Orwell

#beliefs #both #contradictory #holding #means