Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with… — Leo Tolstoy
Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean? — Nipsey Russell
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi
The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at… — Swami Vivekananda
We have always tried to concentrate on the long term, and to place bets on technology we believe will have a significant impact over time.… — Larry Page
Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true. — Stuart Duncan
Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. — John Dewey
Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends, the ones I've… — Jaromir Jagr
Oneness is inner silence, which remains undisturbed by external factors. This silence is not the opposite of noise. That is inner Oneness. — Kalki Bhagavan
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been… — Andrew Weil
Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of… — Geoff Mulgan
Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe. — Dallas Willard
The teens are emotionally unstable and pathic. It is a natural impulse to experience hot and perfervid psychic states, and it is characterized by emotionalism.… — G. Stanley Hall
In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases… — Sonny Perdue
Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more… — Jamie Lee Curtis
When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be… — Mary Karr
The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. — Carl Jung
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the… — Abraham Lincoln
It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the… — Saint Augustine
It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices. — Eric Hoffer
Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their… — Thomas Jefferson
There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. — Terry Pratchett

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