--- title: "1 Embrace Opposite Quotes By Steve Hagen" description: "1 Embrace Opposite quotes by Steve Hagen. Plus more from Steve Hagen and more Embrace Opposite sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png" --- > [“To deny a concept is not to embrace its opposite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its-opposite/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png) ## More by Steve Hagen > [Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/socrates-pointed-out-that-we-carry-on-as-though-death-were-the/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it’s quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/buddhism-is-not-a-belief-system-it-s-not-about-accepting-certain/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [And here we are with our improved human world that we've spent a great deal of time and energy working on. We've improved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/and-here-we-are-with-our-improved-human-world-that-we-ve-spent-a/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“Normally, a view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our minds. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/normally-a-view-of-the-world-is-nothing-more-than-a-set-of-beliefs-a/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“This will never come again”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/this-will-never-come-again/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/what-makes-human-life-which-is-inseparable-from-this-moment-so/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“One day, soon after the Buddha’s enlightenment, a man saw the Buddha walking toward him. The man had not heard of the Buddha, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/one-day-soon-after-the-buddha-s-enlightenment-a-man-saw-the-buddha/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/true-freedom-doesn-t-lie-in-the-maximization-of-choice-but-ironically/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what they are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-suffering-as-suffering-feel/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won’t look at the sky; she’ll come up and sniff your finger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/if-you-point-out-the-moon-to-a-cat-she-probably-won-t-look-at-the-sky/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/the-buddha-dharma-does-not-invite-us-to-dabble-in-abstract-notions/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/nothing-holds-us-back-but-our-thoughts/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient, with no sense of putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/as-we-live-out-of-such-a-mind-we-become-generous-with-no-sense-of/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/whatever-the-world-dishes-up-we-take-it-on-not-on-our-own-terms-but/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) > [“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/the-buddha-encouraged-people-to-know-for-yourselves-that-certain/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace-opposite/steve-hagen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Embrace Opposite Quotes By Steve Hagen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To deny a concept is not to embrace its opposite.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Hagen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its-opposite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To deny a concept is not to embrace its opposite.” — Steve Hagen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace-opposite/steve-hagen/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace-opposite/steve-hagen/", "name": "Embrace Opposite Quotes by Steve Hagen", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace-opposite/steve-hagen/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/steve-hagen-18377_deny_to-deny-a-concept-is-not-to-embrace-its_1777129.png" }, "description": "1 Embrace Opposite quotes by Steve Hagen. 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