Quotes about Contradiction

Whatever excites the spirit of contradiction is capable of producing the last effects of heroism; which is only the highest pitch of obstinacy, in a good or bad cause, in wisdom or folly.

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits

Reductio ad absurdum, or reduction to absurdity, is a form of argument that proves a statement by demonstrating that its opposite is absurd.

Christians are not so much in danger when they are persecuted as when they are admired.

Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, Whatever it is, it'll be okay because of God.

I think we must attack -- wherever we meet it -- the nonsensical idea that mutually exclusive propositions about God can both be true.

If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?

In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.