Opposing Quotes

218 quotes by 199 authors

if you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth divides… — Susan Howatch
Take your well-disciplined strengths, stretch them between the two great opposing poles, because inside human beings is where God learns. — Rainer Maria Rilke
While there is no one who hasn't an evil bone in their body, there is also no one who is totally evil to the core.… — Masaru Emoto
I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what was once my… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child - the child you once were. If… — Dan Millman
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these concerns inflicts unnecessary… — Sam Harris
It is only on the battlefield of ideas that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail. Only those afraid of the truth seek… — Glenn Beck
Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another way,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,… — William Shakespeare
How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are… — John Wooden
When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless. — Byron Katie
God is the creator of all things, right? He is the force that dictates the laws of the universe, and is therefore the ultimate source… — Brandon Sanderson
It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however, — Deborah Harkness
But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to be only one… — Jay-Z
To espresso or to latte, that is the question...whether 'tis tastier on the palate to choose white mocha over plain...or to take a cup to… — Jasper Fforde
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches,… — Gabrielle Zevin
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other way,… — D. H. Lawrence
You got rid of them. Yes, thatâ€™s just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether â€˜tis… — Aldous Huxley

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