Tension of opposites.

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.

— Carl Jung

“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Somethings…

— Mitch Albom

Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live…

— Mitch Albom

“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something…

— Mitch Albom

“Have I told you about the tension of opposites? he says. The tension of opposites? Life is a series of pulls back and forth.…

— Mitch Albom

“One afternoon, I am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what I want for myself. "Have I…

— Mitch Albom

The tension of opposites: Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to…

— Morrie Schwartz

“But there is no energy unless there is a tension of opposites; hence it is necessary to discover the opposite to the attitude of…

— C.G. Jung

If we can stay with the tension of opposites long enough —sustain it, be true to it—we can sometimes become vessels within which the…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

There is harmony in the tension of opposites, as in the case of the bow and lyre.

— Heraclitus

“I do not admire the excess of a virtue like courage unless I see at the same time an excess of the opposite virtue,…

— Blaise Pascal

During the periods when South Korea played a more active role, the inter-Korean relationship was more peaceful, and there was less tension between the…

— Moon Jae-in

In this other dimension I feel tension surrounding my every move. You and I are together at last. We are captive in our own…

— London Elektricity

On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…

— Alan Alda

I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

— Rae Armantrout