Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But… — Dorothy Day
It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any… — Arthur Machen
I figured something out. And it is no secret what I figured out. Whatever the majority of people were doing, I found myself doing the opposite. I wanted… — Ray Lewis
Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t… — Steven Pressfield
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that… — Robert Ringer
In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite. — Robert Reich
Let me give you a hint, young ones, what it is you will become as you grow. What things make you cry, what things bring… — Stefanie Schneider
The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried… — Marcel Proust
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield… — Karl Abraham
When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful. — Horace
The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life… — Rick Warren
It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today. — Lawrence Summers
It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the… — Elias Canetti
The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off… — George Reisman
To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect. — Margaret Thatcher
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference, — Abraham Joshua Heschel
People define gay cinema solely by content: if there are gay characters in it, it’s a gay film. . . . I think that’s really simplistic.… — Todd Haynes
Although the noise of the chattering clientele is much more significant than the topics of their chatter, it does finally constitute that type of social… — Joseph Roth
For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be… — James Nachtwey
Woman must come of age by herself. This is the essence of 'coming of age'-to learn how to stand alone. She must learn not to… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro world. Up is down, down is up, he says hello when he… — Jerry Seinfeld
If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. — Jerry Seinfeld
Did everyone make the most ghastly blunders at regularly intervals through their life and live to regret them ever afterward? Was everyone's life filled with… — Mary Balogh
I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It… — Vincent Van Gogh
History is the in-rushing toward what the Buddhists call the realm of the densely packed, a transformational realm where the opposites are unified. — Terence McKenna

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