"Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand."

Paradox, Bravery, Irony, Humor, Morality

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"There is no cure for madness except the madness as the cure."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

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"Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

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"Truth with love is a lie."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Paradox, Truth, Love, Lie, Deception

"The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Paradox, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

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"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

"I'm dead, but I can't stop living."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Paradox, Death, Life, Existence

"There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Paradox, Power, Regret, Finance, Wealth

"I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Paradox, Life, Death, Existence

"Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

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"Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means."

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"When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all."

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"Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity."

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"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

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"Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness."

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"Forms have changed through the centuries in obedience to the external world to which all forms belong."

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"There is no cure for madness except the madness as the cure."

"Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies."

"Truth with love is a lie."

"The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison."

"Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true."

"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!"

"I'm dead, but I can't stop living."

"There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth."

"I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive."

"Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention."

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"But the Sufis work IN the world, and therefore WITH 'things of the world'."

"You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end."

"Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified."

"The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete."

"Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means."

"When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all."

"Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity."

"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

"Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness."

"Forms have changed through the centuries in obedience to the external world to which all forms belong."