“Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.” GreaterEqualBenefitsAdvantageOppositesObstaclesSeedsDisadvantagesSetback Author:Napoleon Hill
“I am learning that mature faith, which encompasses both simple faith and fidelity, works the opposite of paranoia. It reassembles all the events of life around trust in a loving God. When good things happen, I accept them as gifts from God, worthy of thanksgiving. When bad things happen, I do not take them as necessarily sent by God -- I see evidence in the Bible to the contrary -- and I find in them no reason to divorce God. Rather, I trust that God can use even those bad things for my benefit.” ReasonUseHappensSimpleAcceptingEventsBenefitsEvidenceOppositesGood ThingsWorthyDivorceContraryThings HappenNo ReasonBad ThingsMatureFidelityLoving GodParanoiaGift From GodBad Things HappenSimple FaithWhen Bad Things Happen Book:Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide Source: Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide
“The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.” LongActionSufferingResultsSunBenefitsOppositesHarmOperationsHeatDryMudHardenedLong Suffering Author:Theodoret
“The difference between the Japanese and the American is summed up in their opposite reactions to the proverb (popular in both nations), "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Epidemiologist S. Leonard Syme observes that to the Japanese, moss is exquisite and valued; a stone is enhanced by moss; hence a person who keeps moving and changing never acquires the beauty and benefits of stability. To Americans, the proverb is an admonition to keep rolling, to keep from being covered with clinging attachments.” PersonsMovingNationsDifferencesBenefitsStonesOppositesReactionsAcquireAttachmentCoveredStabilityRollingKeep MovingExquisiteClingingRolling StonesMossAdmonition Author:Carol Tavris
“Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper, and I didn't benefit from the comparison.His footsteps seemed like good ones to follow, so I cultivated an interest in politics, and Borgman helped me a lot in learning how to construct an editorial cartoon. Neither of us dreamed I'd end up in the same town on the opposite paper.” EndsInterestRealizingCitiesTalentPaperBenefitsMajorsOppositesTownsComparisonCartoonConstructsFootstepsEditorialsInterest In Politics Author:Bill Watterson
“General Napoleon says that 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' Well, I suggest doing the opposite: Interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Don't be opportunist; don't benefit from the weakness of your enemy! Be just even to your enemy! Try to find a way to defeat him without harming him; prove to be as intelligent as to find such a way! Only then, your victory will be meaningful and honourable!” WayTryingWellsMistakeEnemyVictoryProveBenefitsWeaknessOppositesIntelligentDefeatMeaningfulMaking MistakesOpportunist Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.” EqualBenefitsOppositesAdversity Author:Napoleon Hill
“The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item on the list clashes with any other item, Rumi warned, you are destined for unhappiness. Better to live a life of single-pointed focus, he taught. But what about the benefits of living harmoniously among extremes? What if you could somehow create an expansive enough life that you could synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites into a worldview that excludes nothing?” IfsWritingEnoughWantedThreeFocusStudentsTaughtPoetBalanceBenefitsOppositesPhilosopherExtremesListsWhat IfUnhappinessDestinedSufiItemsThree ThingsWorldviewClashMost Wanted Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
“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.” SometimesPainFormHumanityEffortHistoryStruggleSacrificeHeroBenefitsJudgmentOppositesSakeExtremesRuinsTriumphContrastScholarCrownsPatriotStatuesCorpsesPrestigePedestalBearable Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal