Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

I would describe my spirituality as exactly the opposite of having a religious affiliation. — Bill Maher
Observation by means of the microscope will reveal more wonderful things than those viewed in regard to mere structure and connection: for while the heart… — Marcello Malpighi
There are also two kinds of truths, those of reasoning and those of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible: truths… — Gottfried Leibniz
The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite… — Jean Genet
When two persons open up to each other just as they are, friendship grows. When two persons are ready to drop their masks, they have… — Rajneesh
I would like a world full of love. But remember, that love has no opposite to it. It is simply because you inside yourself have… — Rajneesh
You shout and the valleys shout, or you sing and the valleys sing. Each heart is a valley. If you pour love into it, it… — Rajneesh
Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become. Then the teachers,… — Rajneesh
Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me,… — Rajneesh
The reality is just the opposite: the master does nothing. It is in your becoming a disciple that the whole mystery lies. It is in… — Rajneesh
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to… — Philip Neri
The inventor and the research man are confused because they both examine results of physical or chemical operations. But they are exact opposites, mirror images… — Reginald Fessenden
It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. If someone is truly… — Chelsea Handler
I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete.… — Norman Cousins
The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what… — Russell Simmons
What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has… — Rollo May
Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to… — Thomas Sowell
For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact. — Thomas Sowell
If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business,… — Vernon Howard
The old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite assertion obviously could… — Niels Bohr
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and… — John Arbuthnot
It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man… — Archibald MacLeish
If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to… — Anton Chekhov

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