Opposite Quotes

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.”
― Deb Caletti, The Six Rules of Maybe

“A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, The Waste Books

“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one was born with, the sense, for example, to go for a walk.”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.”
― Karl Lagerfeld

“My mother always wanted to live near the water," she said. "She said it's the one thing that brings us all together. That I can have my toe in the ocean off the coast of Maine, and a girl my age can have her toe in the ocean off the coast of Africa, and we would be touching. On opposite sides of the world.”
― Megan Miranda, Vengeance

“Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Advice for a Young Investigator

“Resistance is a sign that shows you're going the right way”
― Constance Friday

“...it is not possible to create the opposite of what one has always known, simply because the opposite is believed to be desired. Human beings need what they already know, even horrors.”
― A.S. Byatt, The Virgin in the Garden

“Write against patterns. Go against the devils. Write what you never write. Lie. Validate what you don’t validate. Indulge what you don’t like. Wallow in it. Write the opposite of what you always write, think, speak. Do everything against the grain!”
― Deena Metzger

“Provocation is on the opposite lane of resolution.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.”
― Alcibiades

“When coming to sex: First served, first come.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The first step to self-discovery is to be honest with yourself. Never fool your subconscious.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Like a thermometer, love and hate also have their own degrees, there are extreme love and hate.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Pain like trust, swings from place to place. Sometimes it is present and other times it's absent without our knowledge.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Siddharth Gautama was truly wise, he explored all aspects of life before seeking a quiet place to rest his troubled mind. Therefore, we must allow young men and women to explore life before embracing the ascetic life.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Finally, what good is reincarnation if you can't remember all your past lives?”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Silence is part of the equation and not the final answer in achieving practical wisdom.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Insanity does not take credit for responsibility.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Diplomacy does not mean to become soft, but to be more cunning like a fox than the normal citizen. Killing two birds with one word.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“My best friend from school turned into the opposite of me. He became a police officer and I became a police corruption researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“Since man is always considered strong and courageous. The woman turned inward to exploit the man through the art of attraction and seduction.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Wise people behave according to the opposite.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I shall only love my enemies on the day when the devil is forgiven all his sins. Otherwise, let's forget about it.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The USA is opposite from Russian values. The USA willfully pollutes its population knowing it will make some of them turn gay, Russia protects its population from pollution to prevent their population from turning gay.”
― Steven Magee

“Crying is not weak. Tears are there for a reason. To allow us to release the tension and pain we have inside. You have been strong for so long, trying to keep all those tears hidden.”
― Yve Vale, Hexed

“The opposite of rape is understanding.”
― Jericho Brown, The Tradition

“Self-love and selfishness go hand in hand, but in a positive way.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo