“If you do not read and listen to the opposite ideas, you can always remain a stupid person! Opposite ideas, however contrary they may sound, are your greater chances on the way to truth!” IfsWayMayPersonsIdeasSoundChanceGreaterStupidOppositesContraryStupid Person Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Generally speaking, experience counts for something. So you'd expect entrepreneurs who've been through the ups and downs of a tech startup to have an advantage over the newcomers. Or at least have an equal chance at success. But in fact the opposite may be true. A number of venture capitalists I've spoken with have said that too many "old guard" entrepreneurs are not being bold enough in their business decisions, and it's hurting their startups.” MaySaidEnoughFactsHurtChanceDecisionNumbersEqualAdvantageOppositesEntrepreneurBeing TrueCapitalistVentureUps & DownsNewcomersBusiness DecisionsVenture Capitalists Author:Michael Arrington
“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you're headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long.” IfsWayYearsLongChanceSupportHeardOppositesTownsDown AndPreparedFolksWavePopulationStoresOne WaySwimConventionalBe PreparedNicheWrong WayDiscountsConventional WisdomGood Chance Author:Sam Walton
“I'm always looking for a chance to play somebody who's completely opposite of me, just because I find it more interesting.” PlayChanceInterestingOpposites Author:Alexandra Breckenridge
“When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.” LooksFeltChanceNeededProveOppositesPressureTake A ChanceChances In Life Author:Shane Filan
“Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate. He shared a story he had often told in discourse of a man and woman who lived at opposite ends of a lake. They were deeply in love but only met by chance when sometimes out rowing on the water. He said it was beautiful how Shunyo and I met like this couple. When we had the feeling to be together, we would meet and enjoy. And when we were apart, we were also happy and content in our aloneness.” MenShouldSaidEndsSometimesStoriesFeelingsTogetherBeautifulUsedEnjoyWaterChanceExampleCoupleMetsMen And WomenOppositesRelateGirlfriendLakesDiscourseMy GirlfriendRowingHappy And ContentDeeply In Love Author:Swami Anand Milarepa
“People will say, "You're never going to convince me that something as complicated as an eye could come about by sheer chance." And the answer is that natural selection is the very opposite of sheer chance. Natural selection is a non-random process.” PeopleEyeProcessNaturalChanceAnswersOppositesComplicatedConvinceSheerSelectionNatural Selection Author:Richard Dawkins
“'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .” IfsMenWorldGivingDoeTurnsChanceSituationWiseFateHavensFoolLessonsGiving UpOppositesMisfortunesBeatenIndulgeEducatorLemonsRailIndulge InLemonade Author:Dale Carnegie
“And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it's the opposite, obviously. But I don't think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally chance might deal you a good card.” ThinkingShouldSometimesMightHappensChanceDealsImaginePossibilityOppositesGood ThingsCardsSometimes In LifeStart The Day Author:Sebastian Faulks
“Despite his crimped shirts and flowing mane (or perhaps because of them) I had seen no evidence as yet that Nathaniel even knew what a girl was. If he'd ever met one, chances are they'd both have run screaming in opposite directions.” IfsRunningGirlChanceMetsEvidenceOppositesDespiteShirtsChances AreOne Chance Book:The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's Eye Source: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's Eye
“The ultimate way of Being lies beyond all contradictory pairs of opposites with which our two dimensional thinking mind operates. As soon as we are successful in silencing the restless activity of the thinking mind and give a chance to intuition, the pure all embracing spirit in us will manifest effortlessly.” ThinkingWayGivingMindTwoSpiritLyingChanceSuccessfulMeditationPureActivityOppositesUltimateIntuitionPairsManifestRestlessContradictoryThinking MindSilencing Author:Anagarika Govinda
“Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends, the ones I've had since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.” PeopleWorldYearsRealSometimesWould BeAmericaGuyWishChanceOppositesHockeyReal FriendsNhlNo MoneyCzechoslovakia Author:Jaromir Jagr
“The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two individuals who are exactly two opposites, never say it would be impossible for them to reconcile. On the contrary, and this is the perfection of peace to make it between two opposites.” IfsShouldTwoWould BeIndividualPeaceChanceImpossiblePerfectionEssenceOppositesNotionContraryScareReconcileTokensTwo Opposites Author:Nachman of Breslov
“Guide to the world of the dead. When you are certain that the body has left you, feel sad for the good you didn’t get to do; then stop feeling sad and begin your journey to the past. Feel happy for the evil you didn’t get to do, then stop feeling happy and realize that what propels you is chance, which when you were going in the opposite direction seemed to you like order, or necessity.” WorldFeelsFeelingsBodyPastCertainOrderEvilLeftRealizingChanceJourneyOppositesGuidesFeeling HappyFeeling Sad Author:Rodrigo Rey Rosa