Paradoxisms

Our basic brain function is the mother of all paradoxes: Our brains are organized into oppositional parings, and the key to life seems to lie in our capacity to integrate.
— Iain McGilchrist

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
— George Bernard Shaw

 

 

 

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
— Niels Bohr

 

The words of truth are always paradoxical
— Lao Tzu