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Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance when in reality it is the opposite. When we can recognize all our good qualities as well as our… — Rajneesh
In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a… — Timothy Keller
The tragedy of government welfare programs is not just wasted taxpayer money but wasted lives. The effects of welfare in encouraging the break-up of low-income… — Michael Tanner
Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper. It was an… — Nick Hornby
That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday. — Eugene Ormandy
Of one thing I am sure. Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity and receiving the… — Henri Nouwen
I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side… — Laura Mennell
Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater, Chicago and Cambridge,… — George Gilder
[C]lass consciousness is not one of our national diseases; we suffer, indeed, from its opposite-the delusion that class barriers are not real. That delusion reveals… — H. L. Mencken
Liberals tend to be much more concerned about business and corporations as the oppressors. They look to government as the solution. On the Right it's… — Jonathan Haidt
I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city; nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal… — Alex Kingston
Receiving and giving are opposite energies that are inextricably linked together in the natural flow of life, like inhaling and exhaling. If one aspect of… — Shakti Gawain
Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between opposite laws. As… — Ernest Renan
Life is full of painful events, and people who have lost their way and hurt others. Our pain is not lessened when we respond with… — Bernie Siegel
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one. — Horace
Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model! — Natalia Kills
Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has… — George Santayana
Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A power… — Elif Safak
The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Procrastinator has the opposite problem. He can’t selectively focus his attention and might endure frequent accusations about his laziness. In truth, he’s so distracted… — Kate Kelly
Different though the sexes are, they inter-mix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is… — Virginia Woolf
We all indulge in the strange, pleasant process called thinking, but when it comes to saying, even to someone opposite, what we think, then how… — Virginia Woolf
To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated… — Sam Shoemaker

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