"It appears to me that one defeats God precisely by not trying to stand above God, but on the contrary by using God's own existence against God."

Paradox, God, Defeat, Existence

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"You cannot identify an enemy without becoming one."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Paradox, Conflict, Identity, Reflection, Violence

"I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understand how a guy who stayed behind to protect me when he didn't know me has been shot. I don't understand how a guy who carried me out of an alley full of shattered glass is the enemy everyone is warning me about."

Katie McGarry, American Author

Paradox, Safety, Trust, Heroism

"And after all what is a lie? Tis but The truth in masquerade."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Paradox, Truth, Lies, Deception, Appearance

"I am a religious person, although I am not a believer."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

Paradox, Religion, Belief, Spiritual

"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Paradox, Cats, Humor, Science

"I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Paradox, Contradiction, Truth, Wisdom

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas' - 'Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses'."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Paradox, Beauty, Pain, Contrast, Hope

"Chaos is God's body. Order is the Devil's chains."

John Updike, American Novelist

Paradox, Chaos, Order, Divinity, Rebellion

"What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Paradox, Sanity, Insanity, Problems, World

"Love: the sickest of Irony's sick jokes. The place where logic and order go to die."

Christopher Moore, American Novelist

Paradox, Love, Irony, Logic, Chaos

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"I live in a world where people are guided by limited imagination; only facts that are favorable to them are truths. They are unable to live anyway else. When a person finds out that a fact is against them, it's usually because it's the truth. No one tries to step outside of the edge of reason. No one tries to step beyond the edge of the world."

Society

"Just because a prediction is true, doesn't mean that it is not false."

Philosophy

"Ego, Identity and Self - the 3 concepts of one's creation that defines them entirely. Have an Ego, for without one, there is nothing but self-doubt. Have an Identity, for without one, there is nothing but an empty shell. Understand your 'Self,' for if you don't, then who or what are you?"

Identity

"When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win."

Theology

"If you cannot build from nothing, then you'll have to destroy in order to create."

Creation

"People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it."

Skepticism

"Sometimes, in order to find happiness, one must allow some old bridges to collapse, in order to build better ones."

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"You cannot identify an enemy without becoming one."

"And after all what is a lie? Tis but The truth in masquerade."

"I am a religious person, although I am not a believer."

"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"

"I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth."

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas' - 'Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses'."

"Chaos is God's body. Order is the Devil's chains."

"What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!"

"Love: the sickest of Irony's sick jokes. The place where logic and order go to die."

Explore more quotes by Lionel Suggs

"Just because a prediction is true, doesn't mean that it is not false."

"Ego, Identity and Self - the 3 concepts of one's creation that defines them entirely. Have an Ego, for without one, there is nothing but self-doubt. Have an Identity, for without one, there is nothing but an empty shell. Understand your 'Self,' for if you don't, then who or what are you?"

"When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win."

"If you cannot build from nothing, then you'll have to destroy in order to create."

"People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it."

"Sometimes, in order to find happiness, one must allow some old bridges to collapse, in order to build better ones."

"Reality cannot breathe without imagination."

"You can't change reality -- only its perception."

"A woman's beauty should not imitate art."