Opposes Quotes
58 quotes by 56 authors
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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
— Laozi
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We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.
— Boyle Roche
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Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes.
— David F. Wells
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Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.
— Ovid
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It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal terms,…
— Max Wertheimer
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The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
— Robert Waterman McChesney
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Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates,…
— Ayn Rand
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No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may…
— Martin Luther
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To design is to plan, to order, to relate, and to control. In short, it opposes all means of disorder and accident.
— Emil Ruder
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Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil togetherness,…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.
— Richard Sibbes
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I had wished to find in philosophy and religion a remedy for my disgrace; I searched out an asylum to secure me from love... duty,…
— Peter Abelard
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If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.
— Bob Enyart
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[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the…
— David S. Broder
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Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and…
— Dorotheus of Gaza
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First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what…
— Hippocrates
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An artist who opposes himself still has the best chances to reach some result.
— Martin Kippenberger
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Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack…
— Jon Stewart
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Collective guilt is borne by what is conventionally called the scapegoat. Now the scapegoat for white society - which is based on myths of progress,…
— Frantz Fanon
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When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize…
— Marcus Aurelius
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