#paradoxical

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#connection #differentiate #educators #learning #many

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. ↗

— David Antin

#debates #entertainer #entertainment #greece #paradoxical

Power is paradoxical. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#paradoxical

Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that the American soul is ‘open-minded’ and unbiased; on the contrary, it is ridden with countless taboos of which people are sometimes not even aware. ↗

— Julius Evola

#paradoxical #truth #religion

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#appeal #appeals #everyone #getting #getting old

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical. ↗

— Clive Barker

#believe #desire #dreams #goddesses #gods

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. ↗

— George Eliot

#even #experience #human #human experience #incongruous

But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of. Four friends, who are not quite happy with their life, and every year they get together for a week and look for some comfort from each other. ↗

— Lawrence Kasdan

#book #chill #comfort #each #every

The words of truth are always paradoxical. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#paradoxical #truth #words

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#asian countries #been #countries #had #history