Explore Quotes on Opposites

There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.

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 forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

Oneness is inner silence, which remains undisturbed by external factors. This silence is not the opposite of noise. That is inner Oneness.

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 had since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.

Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites.

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

The ultimate way of Being lies beyond all contradictory pairs of opposites _x000D__x000D_with which our two dimensional thinking mind operates. _x000D__x000D_As soon as we are successful in silencing the restless activity of the thinking mind _x000D__x000D_and give a chance to intuition, the pure all embracing spirit in us will manifest effortlessly.

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. It's hard to imagine now, but when we started Google most people thought search was a solved problem and that there was no money to be made apart from some banner advertising. We felt the exact opposite: that search quality was very poor, and that awesome user experiences would clearly make money.

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 the same time.

I.Q. deficiency. There are some people who are an order of fries short of a Happy Meal, and what is often a characteristic about every one of these people is that they don't know it. They have no idea how incompetent or stupid they are. It's the exact opposite. They have the loftiest, highest self-image.

Everybody in politics claims to want to get everybody out of poverty. What's the opposite? Wealth. And what is often criticized by the left? Wealth.

It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?

In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty.