Quotes About Contradiction

Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.

But there is another conclusion: to laugh at logic if it runs counter to the interests of men.

The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be overtaken by the revenge of stupidity

Myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology.

You can see likewise that the contradiction involved in the concept of 'salvaging' is not a simple intellectual contradiction, but a dialectical one. That is to say, it is only possible to rescue ontology in the shape of this dialectical contradiction, in this pattern in which existence and existent things are mutually interrelated and interdependent - as opposed to an abstract conception of ontology as pure existence standing in absolute opposition to existing beings.

Only those thoughts which go to extremes can face up to the all-powerful powerlessness of certain agreement.

Bir cümle bir öncekini, hakiki olmad???n? öne sürerek geçersiz k?larken, kendi de bir sonraki cümle taraf?ndan yalanlanmak üzeredir.

To hate destructiveness one must hate life as well: only death is an image of undistorted life.

Die zivilisatorische Gesamttendenz der Konstellation von rationalen Mitteln und irrationalen Zwecken

Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man, only happens afterwards!

I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

Were God Himself the sole and constant object of our desire, we should not be so easily distressed when our opinions are contradicted.

Ausgerechnet der Mensch ist unmenschlich.

Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart.

Always" and "never" are not words that have much meaning in literary study. For one thing, as soon as something seems to always be true, some wise guy will come along and write something to prove that it's not.

By this paradox, the usual logic of equality is turned upside down.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and gives in the long run a net result of zero.

The Everlasting No.

a sadist is a masochist who follows the golden rule

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

We have the ability to attract and repel at the same time, which I think you should embrace. Otherwise, you're just going to be, like, this Neil Diamond act.