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• It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Pain, Political Opinions, Hatred

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, Correspondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States”, p.112

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• Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face of every woman they met; and Catherine, after listening and agreeing as long as she could,with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind, fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man, especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned, ventured at length to vary the subject.

  Jane Austen

  Sex, Men, Self

  Jane Austen, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Jane Austen: All novels, short stories, letters and poems”, p.974, GENERAL PRESS

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• Bound by conventions, people tend to reach for what is easy. Here we must be unafraid of what is difficult. For all living beings in nature must unfold in their particular way and become themselves despite all opposition.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  People, Way, Easy

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• In essence, sin is all that is in opposition to God. Sin defies God; it violates His character, His law, and His covenant. It fails, as Martin Luther put it, to 'let God be God.' Sin aims to dethrone God and strives to place someone or something else upon His rightful throne.

  Joel Beeke

  Character, Law, Essence

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• Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.

  Edward de Bono

  Two, Suits You, Perception

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• To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Color, Two, Vibrations

  Naomi E. Maurer, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin (1998). “The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin”, p.74, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it.

  John Owen

  Sin, States

  John Owen (1772). “A practical exposition of the CXXX. psalm: Wherein The Nature of the Forgiveness of Sin is declared, the Truth and Reality of it asserted; and The Case of a Soul distressed with the Guilt of Sin, and relieved by a Discovery of Forgiveness with God, is at large discoursed”, p.371

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• You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.

  Wesley Clark

  Voice, People, Patriotism

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• Commitment, by its nature, frees us from ourselves and, while it stands us in opposition to some, it joins us with others similarly committed. Commitment moves us from the mirror trap of the self absorbed with the self to the freedom of a community of shared values.

  Michael Lewis

  Moving, Commitment, Mirrors

  Michael Lewis (1995). “Shame: The Exposed Self”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

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• The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Circles, Three, Synthesis

  Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Wassily Kandinsky (Illustrated)”, p.113, Delphi Classics

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• MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fighting, Evil, Doctrine

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.162, University of Georgia Press

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• The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Normal, Excess, Size

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• Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Atheism, Divine, Sovereignty

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• Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Spring, Heart, Night

  Dwight L Moody (2013). “Secret Power”, p.74, Lulu Press, Inc

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• It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do?

  Richard G. Scott

  Doe, Gods Will, Many Blessings

  "Trust in the Lord". Richard G. Scott's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. October 1995.

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• If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.

  G. Campbell Morgan

  Ifs, Serving

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• Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Crush, Able, Faces

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.202, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

  Ricardo Montalban

  Strong, Biceps, Weight

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• That opinion, which supposes personal sanctification to be unnecessary to final glorification, stands in direct opposition to every dictate of reason, to every declaration of scripture.

  Augustus Toplady

  Finals, Holiness, Scripture

  "The works of Augustus M. Toplady".

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• Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts.

  Bertrand Russell

  Christian, Hands, Two

  Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• Opposition can be useful. Every opposition movement is good and useful if it acts within the law... If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of the majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S. and that's the way it's done in Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  Mean, Russia, Law

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• Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Courage, Principles, Faces

  Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

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• There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Math, Science, Views

  Alfred North Whitehead (1929). “The Aims of Education & Other Essays”

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• We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.

  Tim Minchin

  Passion, Love Is, Giving

  Tim Minchin's Commencement Address at The University of Western in Perth, Western Australia, www.timminchin.com. September 25, 2013.

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• The more opposition there is, the better. Does a river acquire velocity unless there is resistance? The newer and better a thing is, the more opposition I will meet with at the outset. It is opposition which foretells success. Where there is no opposition there is no success either.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Rivers, Doe, Velocity

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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