“Zenists call them 'pairs of opposites.' It holds good also in human affairs: advantage is always accompanied by disadvantage; loss by gain;… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment." I've seen it. It's rubbish," said Zaphod,"nothing but a… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Death has an opposite, but the opposite is not mere living. It is not courage or faith or human will. The opposite… — Nando Parrado Copy Share Image
Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
I have tried to show as clearly as possible that the very characteristics and weaknesses of temperament with which we were born...can… — Hannah Hurnard Copy Share Image
The prefect evening...lying down on the couch beside the bookcase and reading himself sleepy...Jim lying opposite him at the other end of… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[The integrative system] deals with such matters as respect, legitimacy, community, friendship, affection, love, and of course their opposites, across a broad… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
For to be contemporary is not necessarily to be part of any movement, to be included in the official representations of national… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint… — Omar Suleiman Copy Share Image
The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
If I didn't have that deep grounding, it would be very easy for me to just be someone who is consumed with… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
No one who is being himself is going to be approved of all the time. The whole world could love you, but… — Bartholomaus Copy Share Image
I'm not bullish. I think they [Iran] have total disrespect for our country and I understand that deal. I would have lived… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The reality is just the opposite: the master does nothing. It is in your becoming a disciple that the whole mystery lies.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the… — James P. Hogan Copy Share Image
Don’t be impressed by darkness. Jesus didn’t do the opposite of whatever the devil did. He did what He saw the Father… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
If [Barack] Obama or the boss or the newspapers or anyone else tells you they're doing this, that, or the other thing,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our band is very polarizing. There are people who absolutely can't stand us, and people who absolutely can't live without us. I'd… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
True love, unlike popular sentimental substitutes, is willing to suffer. Love is not "luv." Love is the cross. Our problem at first,… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
It took about three minutes for the unassuming Waffle House to become the new offices of the law firm of Amber, Amber,… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm not a things person. I'm not one to keep much. I do have a small collection of picks from favorite musicians… — Chris Wyse Copy Share Image
at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
So when one thought goes into your mind, it's not just one thought, it has to bounce off both hemispheres of the… — Jaden Smith Copy Share Image
Meditation does not imply only the development of single-pointed concentration, sitting in some corner doing nothing. Meditation is an alert state of… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Write against patterns. Go against the devils. Write what you never write. Lie. Validate what you don’t validate. Indulge what you don’t… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of dread and desire at once, attraction and recoil, producing… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Thanks to the night, we long for the day; thanks to the day, we long for the night! The purpose of the… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
I'm proud of The Hangover, but to be in movies like this, which are really the only places I can get work,… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
Another thing we wanted to do, a lot of shows or movies that are in the future or the post-apocalyptic are very… — Miles Millar Copy Share Image
She regretted nothing she had shared with her lover, nor was she ashamed of the fires that had changed her life; just… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Always remember that true happiness is not in getting what you want, but wanting what you already have. He who dies with… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
The singers all loathe the sight of one another, the chorus despises the singers, they both hate the orchestra, and everyone fears… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick… — Rebecca De Mornay Copy Share Image
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