That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose…

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not…

— Nathaniel Branden

Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and…

— Alexander the Great

There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,…

— James Nayler

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the…

— Marguerite Duras

No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.

— Guy Finley

If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…

— Pope Benedict XVI

With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we…

— Francois Fenelon

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion…

— Voltaire

There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend…

— H. L. Mencken

I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe…

— Che Guevara

“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind…

— Blaise Pascal

God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits…

— Poemen

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

— Robert Shapiro

Christianity, righty understood, is utterly unlike religion that man invents. It is so completely contrary to the way man does things that it must…

— Richard Halverson