“The realm of the real is Spirit. The unlikeness of Spirit is matter, and the opposite of the real is not divine, it is a human concept. Matter is an error of statement. This error in the premise leads to errors in the conclusion in every statement into which it enters. Nothing we can say or believe regarding matter is immortal, for matter is temporal and is therefore a mortal phenomenon, a human concept, sometimes beautiful, always erroneous.” BelieveHumansRealSometimesMatterBeautifulSpiritDivineConceptsOppositesErrorsStatementsConclusionMortalsRealmsImmortalPhenomenonPremises Book:Science And Health Source: Science And Health
“You know, our fundamentalist friends dislike the teaching of evolution in schools because of the effect they feel it has on our view of our own special importance, while liberals insist that scientific and spiritual matters can be kept in separate compartments. On this point, I tend to agree with the fundamentalists, though I come to opposite conclusions about teaching evolution because I am convinced it's true.” KnowsFeelsMatterSchoolSpiritualViewsTeachingSpecialEffectsEvolutionOppositesImportanceAgreeConvincedConclusionDislikeFundamentalist Book:Facing Up Source: Facing Up
“It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge, that totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric conditions on Earth, depending on whether the problem is approached from the biological or the geophysical viewpoint.” StatesFactsProblemEarthConditionsStrangeOppositesCurrentsConclusionCharacteristicsIncompleteViewpointsPrehistoric Author:Alfred Wegener
“It is very hard to enroll people in anything. And there is a very big difference between the words motivate and inspire. Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined. A highly motivated person takes an idea, goes out there, and won't let anybody interfere with them. Inspiration is exactly the opposite. If motivation is when you get hold of an idea and carry it through to its conclusion, inspiration is the reverse. An idea gets hold of you and carries you where you are intended to go.” PeopleIfsMeanPersonsIdeasHardBigsInspirationMotivationDifferencesInspireHard WorkOppositesConclusionCarrieWhere You AreMotivatedReverseInterfere Author:Wayne Dyer
“He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.” MindDecisionResultsCommonOppositesCommon SenseConclusionReasoningJustifyLogicalSuspectsInfrastructureTemperament Author:Julian Barnes
“Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them.” WayLongLife IsCasesStruggleHuman NaturePerceptionRespectOppositesAdversityConclusionAbstractConceiving Book:The Principles of Psychology Source: The Principles of Psychology
“It is perplexing to see the flexibility of the so-called 'exact sciences' which by cast-iron laws of logic and by the infallible help of mathematics can lead to conclusions which are diametrically opposite to one another.” HelpingLawScienceLogicOppositesMathematicsCastsConclusionIronFlexibilityInfallibleExact Sciences Author:Vasco Ronchi