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Quotes about Contradictory

With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says.
- Leland Ryken
if men are only naturally taught, instead of having any distinct, solid, or certain knowledge, they fasten only on contradictory principles, and, in consequence, worship an unknown God.
- John Calvin
Isn't hope an incredible, a wonderfully demented thing?
- Lauren Bacall
Prayer and action...can never be seen as contradictory or mutually exclusive. Prayer without action grows into powerless pietism, and action without prayer degenerates into questionable manipulation.
- Henri Nouwen
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
- William Wordsworth