I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.
Contradict Quotes
The spirit of contradiction renders a man unendurable to everyone.
My point? Simple: we live in an era of non-contiguous information streams. I believe one thing; someone else believes another à and the bedrock assumptions are utterly contradictory. This is what drives me nuts about discussing current events with some people. It’s like discussing the Apollo program with people who think it was all faked, […]
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.
One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the […]
