Language is paradoxical


A look at the fascinating word 'paradox' and what it means: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj5Ut-5Q65s



"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot."
(Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854)


"If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."
(Alexander Smith, "On the Writing of Essays." Dreamthorp, 1854)


"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
(Mother Teresa)


"War is peace."
"Freedom is slavery."
"Ignorance is strength."
(George Orwell, 1984)

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