"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it." – Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof… and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us." – Paul Valery, 1895

"I am pretty sure that we err in treating these sayings [of Jesus] as paradoxes. It would be nearer the truth to say that it is life itself which is paradoxical and that the sayings of Jesus are simply a recognition of that fact." – Thomas Taylor