Quotes about Paradox
He's not a Republican, he's a Republican't.
— Anonymous
He would flay the fox, say the ape's paternoster, return to his sheep, and turn the hogs to the hay. He would beat the dogs before the lion, put the plough before the oxen, and claw where it did not itch.
— Francois Rabelais
But so often, things of great beauty are full of great corruption.
— Francine Rivers
The abyss remains. It is pregnant with all the things yet to be. Ah, what gentle violence!
— Frank Herbert
Most discipline is hidden discipline, designed not to liberate but to limit. Do not ask Why? Be cautious with How? Why? leads inexorably to paradox. How? traps you in a universe of cause and effect. Both deny the infinite.
— Frank Herbert
Isn't it odd how we misunderstand the hidden unity of kindness and cruelty?" Jessica
— Frank Herbert
Dune was a world of paradox now—a world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.
— Frank Herbert
When is a gift not a gift?
— Frank Herbert
Organic church life, however, is a wedding of glory and gore.
— Frank Viola
God has levels of willing and delighting. He wills and delights in things in different ways so that approval and disapproval can coexist without being contradictory, without canceling each other out. I am making the case here for infinite complexity.
— John Piper
I found myself earnestly explaining to the young minister that I did not believe in God, 'but I've discovered that I can't live as though I didn't believe in him. As long as I don't need to say any more than that I try to live as though I believe in God, I would very much like to come to church--if you'll let me.
— Madeleine L'Engle
And another lovely paradox: we can be humble only when we know that we are God's children, of infinite value, and eternally loved.
— Madeleine L'Engle