Consciousness is a state
Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows. G. I. Gurdjieff
Contradiction
To call a man
To call a man evangelical who is not evangelistic is an utter contradiction. G. Campbell Morgan
The free-trade idea, logically
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at this point, free-traders go over to the enemy; and many writers on political economy, in flat contradiction of the essential principles of that science, have made elaborate arguments to prove … Read more
I live with that
I live with that contradiction daily. It is a constant struggle. I struggle very deeply. I don’t think I’ve said this to anyone, but I’ve wondered if I just want to give up this world and live in the Congo and just be there. But I don’t think that’s what they need from me. Eve … Read more
I think being an
I think being an activist and an artist is an interesting contradiction, because so often they are at odds with one another. When you write as an artist you have to clean the palate of your own politics in creating characters and activism is kind of the exact opposite. Eve Ensler
There are many of
There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don’t concern me anymore. Evan Parker
The great mathematician fully,
The great mathematician fully, almost ruthlessly, exploits the domain of permissible reasoning and skirts the impermissible. That his recklessness does not lead him into a morass of contradictions is a miracle in itself: certainly it is hard to believe that our reasoning power was brought, by Darwin’s process of natural selection, to the perfection which … Read more
At this point, we
At this point, we are living one of the greatest experiments in humankind – to create something that has, throughout history, been considered a contradiction in terms – a passionate marriage. Passion has always existed, but it took place somewhere else. Everything that we wanted from a traditional marriage – companionship, family, children, economic support, … Read more
There is nothing that
There is nothing that you can do that is worse for yourself, than to do something that you believe is inappropriate. And so, get clear and happy about whichever choice you make. Because it is your contradiction that causes the majority of the contradiction in vibration. Esther Hicks
If a man never
If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all. Erwin Schrodinger