“It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors.” Has BeensHelpingSoundErrorsAttainmentParadoxicalScientific Truth Author:Thomas Huxley
“What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality. It may sound paradoxical, but it is in fact reality which forms the mystery of our existence.” WantMayIdeasFactsShowsRealityFormSoundBehindsExistenceMysterySeekingInvisibleBridgesVisibleParadoxical Author:Max Beckmann
“It may sound paradoxical, but verbal fluency is the product of many hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is the product of hours spent repeating scales.” WritingMaySoundHoursProductsMusicalScalesParadoxicalFluency Author:Stanley Fish
“By 'coming to terms with life' I mean: the reality of death has become a definite part of my life; my life has, so to speak, been extended by death, by my looking death in the eye and accepting it, by accepting destruction as part of life and no longer wasting my energies on fear of death or the refusal to acknowledge its inevitability. It sounds paradoxical: by excluding death from our life we cannot live a full life, and by admitting death into our life we enlarge and enrich it.” MeanRealityEyeEnergySpeakSoundTermAcceptingOur LivesDestructionAcknowledgeDefiniteFear Of DeathRefusalParts Of LifeAdmittingInevitabilityParadoxicalFull LifeReality Of Death Author:Etty Hillesum
“It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time -- but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms . . .” ChildrenMightSoundHoursGenerationsTruth IsSheerNeglectedParentalParadoxicalCharades Book:Liberal parents, radical children Source: Liberal parents, radical children