Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples to… — Henry Franklin Floyd
Defendants' essential contention is that bans on same-sex marriage promote the welfare of children, by encouraging good parenting in stable opposite-sex families.... Defendants have presented… — Stephen Reinhardt
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly.… — Elisabeth Elliot
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the… — Nathaniel Branden
The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation. — Mark Sheppard
Europe is often held up as a cautionary tale, a demonstration that if you try to make the economy less brutal, to take better care… — Paul Krugman
It is in the nature of political bodies always to see the evil in the opposite group, just as the individual has an ineradicable tendency… — Carl Jung
And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement. — Rajneesh
The life of this world is nothing but the harmony of opposites — Unknown Author
In Burton's day they [soldiers] were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about the dangers of… — Rupert Everett
Marriage has failed because you could not rise to the standard that you were expecting of marriage, of the concept of marriage. You were brutal,… — Rajneesh
Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our mates is that… — Jared Diamond
Faith is better understood as a verb than as a noun, as a process than as a possession. It is an on-again-off-again rather than once-and-for-all.… — Frederick Buechner
Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis of experience rather… — John Quiggin
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me to the railway… — Linda McQuaig
The cure is care. Caring for others is the practice of peace. Caring becomes as important as curing. Caring produces the cure, not the reverse.… — Sargent Shriver
People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite. — Chad Harbach
I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite. — Craig Newmark
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking of a wholesome… — Ezra Taft Benson
.. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities of discipline, courage,… — Plato
All that the posture of skepticism accomplishes is to freeze the ego in an ignorantist poverty that never stretches or diversifies its resources of imagination… — Kenny Smith
All your experiences, all your meditations, all your prayer, all that you do, is self-centred. It is strengthening the self, adding momentum, gathering momentum, so… — U.G. Krishnamurti
The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is psychologically possible to… — Carl Jung
If there is a Nora Ephron signature anything it is that there's slightly too much food. I have a friend whose mantra is: You must… — Nora Ephron

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