The greatest predictor of success is an advanced capacity to think without defensiveness, pride or impatience about all that was most terrible. Everything that feels a bit unromantic is paradoxically truly romantic, in the sense of being conducive to love. Which is why this test is deliberately, provocatively framed in the most boring, hard-headed way possible.

It is out of their failure to put themselves on trial that their evil arises." One of the main self-deceptive mechanisms which the malignant narcissist uses to avoid awareness of his morally imperfect self is, paradoxically, the very mechanism that leads him to commit some of his most evil acts.

garden wasn't. Also, paradoxically, very tidy and well ordered for a film called A Little

And you have to be comfortable with that so you can fully be alive and involved in what's going on in your life today, otherwise you'll be immobilized by the fear of something that paradoxically is the most normal, most predictable thing in your whole life, which is that this is going to stop.

Paradoxically, the healthier the immune system, the more damage it can do to itself.

paradoxically, it's also a generator of them for each new generation.

We are paradoxically drawn toward some pretty repulsive things: car accidents, car chases, the possibility of a crash or a fight, or a natural disaster—I mean, not one that hurts anyone, of course—but one that's exciting.

Whilst playing with the rabbits, paradoxically you'll notice nearby signs for chemical weapons factories.

Paradoxically, when there's less to go around, humans tend to share more.

And this is what blows my mind: the instinct for warmth and comfort in newborn creatures is so strong it not only resists attempts to frustrate it but is paradoxically strengthened by it.