On the other hand, he also states the life is full of contradictions which is also true. Dan Millman writes: “Life has just three rules: Paradox, humour and change.” Have you ever had something happen to you that was the best thing and the worst thing that ever happened to you at the same time?

Did I just contradict myself?

We can’t indeed conduct a thoughtful discussion or write a coherent article if we contradict ourselves in the next breath, or sentence. I’m thinking longer-term, like … a day or so.

And while my point is to accept, rather than encourage, contradiction, in retrospect the final line in this piece seems a bit glib. I’d like exposure to deeper thinking on the subject, too.

Still I am not comfortable with a contradiction as a good thing. Couple of examples: how can you lead a discussion, in particular if it is supposed to be ended by some practical conclusion, well, how can you write a meaningful article if it’s full of contradictions. Or how can somebody rely on someone’s else word. Or how about the situation when someone criticise what you do, not necessarily with contempt but in a very firm way and they do the same thing as you did the next day praising it in the way as if you were a dilletante and never have heard about it. Can’t they just say, well I it’s better to contradict yourself rather than try to be consisntent, so what’s the problem.

I must say I’d be most grateful if someone could sugests me a resource where this topic is discussed a little deeper