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“The paradox is that we have this amazing capacity in our minds and hearts to learn and gain insights and then to build a kind of personal storehouse of knowledge. The underside is that those insights harden and fill the spaces in our hearts and minds. They become assumptions, conclusions and judgments.”

Mind Heart Kind Space Judgment Gains Capacity Insight Conclusion Assumption Paradox Heart And Mind

Book:Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred

Source: Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred

“Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control.”

Giving Self Christian Giving Up Gains Paradox Christian Living Self Control God Is In Control

Author:Andy Mineo

“Only Christ could build a bridge to God with only two pieces of wood. The Christian life is a life of paradoxes. We must give to receive, realize we are blind to see, become simple to be wise, suffer for gain, and die to live. If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world”

“[Paradox is] truth standing on its head to gain attention.”

Attention Gains Standing Paradox

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drizzt Do'Urden”

People World Powerful Fronts Gains Hunger Shoulders Limitation Most Powerful Paradox Stations Invites Treachery Daggers Drizzt Drizzt Do Urden

Book:Homeland: The Legend of Drizzt

Source: Homeland: The Legend of Drizzt

“It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside, which Keegan will soon discover, is the law of diminishing returns in a league that is now the richest in the world. The type of multi-million-pound investment that bankrolled the first Newcastle revival under Keegan is now two-a-penny. Buying success just isn't as easy as it used to be. The Premiership's paradox is that the more money there is, the more the art of management gains in value.”