Quotes tagged ‘Opposites’

(17 total)

“I see the moon, I see the moon, I see the moon Oh, when you're looking at the sun”

“Michael Corleone: [after learning of Zasa's assassination] Don't ever give an order like that again. Not while I'm alive. Vincent Mancini: Uncle Mike, it had to be done. You were too sick to make a decision. I got the go ahead from Neri and Connie. Michael Corleone: Connie. Vincent Mancini: It was t…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“One thing I have learned is that you and I are opposites, but also just the same. Like an image in a mirror. We hate people. And they in turn hate us. And fear us.”

— Steven Knight, C.I. Chester Campbell, Sam Neill, imdb.com

“Our thinking is shaped by dualism. Entrance, exit. Black, white. Good, evil. Everything appears as opposite pairs. But that’s wrong.”

— Jantje Friese, Martin Behnke, H.G. Tannhaus, Christian Steyer, imdb.com

“The sea and the sky- how strange that somewhere they can exist apart.”

— Mikhail Shishkin, amazon.com

“...it takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.”

— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com

“At your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered.”

— Cecelia Ahern, amazon.com

“After Augustus restored power, he left Rome for 3 years. Let his new changes take hold without seeming overbearing. Let the people get used to things. Left administration to a capable lieutenant.”

— Anthony Everitt, amazon.com

“From the strain of binding opposites, comes harmony.”

— Heraclitus, amazon.com

“Thus the science of martial arts involves the presence of mind to act as the sea when the enemy is like a mountain and act as a mountain when the enemy is like the sea.”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“[We will] meet physical force with soul forces. And we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer... and win you in the process.”

— Martin Luther King Jr., loveyourenemies.wordpress.com

“If you get to feeling you are snarled up and are making no progress, you toss your mood away and think in your heart that you are starting everything anew.”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“When you think you are going to get into a deadlock, you stop right away and seize victory by taking advantage of a different approach.”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“When the enemy advances, we withdraw. When the enemy rests, we harass. When the enemy tires, we attack. When the enemy withdraws, we pursue.”

— Mao's Mission Statement, amazon.com

“Wise men are able to make a fitting use of their enemies.”

— Plutarch, amazon.com

“It is a trait of the man of sense to derive profit even from his enemies.”

— Plutarch, amazon.com

“Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure and spontaneity. Silence is used to teach us to use words responsibly. Tiredness is used so that we can understand the value of wa…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com