Contrary Quotes

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Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting… — Paul Tournier
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there… — Peter Ustinov
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. — Edgard Varese
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are… — Voltaire
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison. — Simone Weil
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he… — Simone Weil
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and… — Ellen G. White
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of… — Walt Whitman
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing… — George Edward Woodberry
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action… — Evgeny Morozov
The iPad - contrary to the way most people thought about it - is not a tablet computer running the Apple operating system. It's more… — Douglas Rushkoff
I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life. — Eugene O'Neill
My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions.… — Thomas Ligotti
Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by no… — Soren Kierkegaard
A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not… — Margaret Sanger
I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing!… — Henri Barbusse
One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. — Diane Setterfield
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that… — Paul Valery
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make… — Martin Luther
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is… — Mahatma Gandhi

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