Extremes Quotes - Page 28

• There's always the danger that the extreme feminist will end up quite unfulfilled as a girl.

  Catherine Marshall

  Girl, Feminist, Danger

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• Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.

  Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

  Casts, Torment, Uncertainty

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• When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; it confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.

  Mencius

  Exercise, Men, Office

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.323

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• We are only as good as our most extreme experiences

  Sloane Crosley

  Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.56, Penguin

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• Bad luck and (extreme) misfortune will infest your pathetic soul for all eternity.

  Rocko

  Soul, Luck, Modern Life

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• Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there.

  Steven Strogatz

  Zero, Derivatives, Sluggish

  Steven Strogatz (2012). “The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One to Infinity”, p.116, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.

  Bob Goff

  Light, Brave, Darkness

  Bob Goff (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If we can live and prosper without killing, why would we not do so? I do not see veganism as 'extreme' in any way. I see killing for no reason as extreme in every way.

  Gary L. Francione

  Way, Killing, Reason

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• Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.

  Isaac Watts

  Thinking, Talking, Violent

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• It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Evil, Company

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• Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public, the perpetrator would be shunned, barred from polite society, and in extreme cases shot through the lungs, are now thought to be very healthy and proper, and their use in everyday speech and writing is evidence of a well-adjusted, relaxed and totally un****ed-up personality.

  Douglas Adams

  Writing, Expression, Personality

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.516, Del Rey

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• Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Love, Evil, Consciousness

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• Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.

  James C. Collins

  Business, Responsibility, Numbers

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• The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Opposites, Two

  "Stride Toward Freedom". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., November 30, 1957.

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• At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Feet, Keys, Ladders

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• Patients have been cured almost instantaneously of...lupus...,cancer ...,ulcers..., tuberculosis ...In a few seconds, at most a few hours, the symptoms disappear and the anatomic lesions mend. The miracle is characterized by extreme acceleration of the normal process of healing.

  Alexis Carrel

  Cancer, Healing, Dark

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• It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass.

  Douglas Adams

  Smart, Science, Lynching

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.57, Pan Macmillan

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• In the inheritance, I seek to dramatically distinguish between genuine, authentic Christianity on the one hand, and counterfeit, alternative spirituality on the other hand. One of my primary purposes is to demonstrate that there are two kingdoms operating in the earth today, the genuine, superior kingdom of Jesus Christ, which reigns supreme, and the counterfeit, occult kingdom of the enemy, which, through extreme subtlety, has led millions of deluded souls astray.

  Brian Williams

  Jesus, Hands, Two

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• There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

  Jean-Francois Cope

  Numbers, Political, Technique

  "Can Jean-François Copé save France from anti-Muslim extremism?" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2011.

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• EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Disease, Poverty, Approval

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.53, 谷月社

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• New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determinat ion, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism/ extreme nationalism culture.

  Deepak Chopra

  Religious, Military, Healing

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• Tomorrow is Now... If we act, 2015 can be a year for the history books. It can be the year that we put the world on the path to end extreme poverty; the year we place sustainability at the heart of our future; and the year that we agree that every person should be able to lead a life of dignity and opportunity.

  Kathy Calvin

  Book, Heart, Opportunity

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• It seems to me that at 19 or 20, a young man is burning to be great at something. I was. You have a vision that's beyond the neighborhood. You want to make a mark while you're alive. You don't know exactly your future, but you want to be great at it. And greatness is an important word. And you dare not tell anybody how extreme and how burning are your visions, because you don't want anybody to mess with them

  Art Garfunkel

  Greatness, Men, Vision

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• Anti-Semitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism.

  Joseph Stalin

  Cannibalism, Form, Dangerous

  Joseph Stalin (1955). “Works”

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• Although my marriage left me with three beautiful children, it also left me with a healthy dose of self-doubt, low self-esteem, and an extreme desire to be loved again. I was operating on empty, expecting to be paid in full.

  Niecy Nash

  Beautiful, Children, Self Esteem

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