“Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage the attempt to synthesize apparent opposites. However, citizens of the New Age often forget that, when they involve science, analogies should be tempered by experiment and calculation.” ThinkingShouldAgeForgetCitizensOppositesMetaphorExperimentsOur ThoughtsNew AgeExpandingDiscouragingCalculationsAnalogiesPivotal Author:Tony Rothman
“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition of our existence. If the lore of the transmigration of souls is a true one, then these, between their exchange of bodies, must pass through the sea of forgetfulness.” IfsBookSoulBodyRememberForgetExistenceSeaConditionsOppositesForgetfulnessTrue Ones Book:The Nazarene Source: The Nazarene
“But Russians, in their very nature, it seems, pass quickly from the highest enthusiam to complete dejection and distrust. They yield to their moods quite sincerely and go the whole way, entirely forgetting all moods preceding and opposite. They do not see any contradiction in such behaviour; or, if they do, they readily find excuses for it.” IfsWayWholeSeemsForgetHighestOppositesExcuseMoodRussiaContradictionYieldBehaviourDistrustSincerely Author:Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
“So often, over the course of our day-to-days, we forget the details of what shapes us most in life. Sure, we'll pay through the nose to have our weddings videotaped, but can we say the same thing about the first time we discovered masturbation, or the moment we realized that the true nature of the opposite sex is to lie and humiliate (and I'm not just talking about women here)? Usually not.” FirstsMomentsLyingCoursesSexForgetPayTalkingShapesFirst TimeOppositesDetailsNosesTrue NatureMasturbationHumiliateOur Wedding Author:Kevin Smith
“So the absurdity of happiness is that it is embarrassing to discuss or even mention, impossible to define or measure, may not be achievable at all - or, at best, only intermittently and unconsciously - and may even turn into its opposite if directly pursued, but that it frequently turns up unexpectedly in the course of pursuing something else. There is no tease more infuriating...It is tempting to forget the whole thing and simply fall back on the couch with a remote control in one hand and a beer in the other.” IfsMayWholeHandsTurnsFallCoursesForgetImpossibleOppositesBeerAbsurdityEmbarrassingPursuedCouchesTeaseFall BackTemptingInfuriatingRemote Control Author:Michael Foley
“Education is implication. It is not the things you say which children respect; when you say things, they very commonly laugh and do the opposite. It is the things you assume which really sink into them. It is the things you forget even to teach that they learn.” ChildrenForgetTeachLaughingOppositesAssumingImplications Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I think you kind of hope for people gush over movies, but I think the opposite is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash.” PeopleThinkingKindSometimesNextForgetTalkingOppositesAngryNext DayTrashPopcorn Author:Gabriel Mann
“[True beauty] seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite. It connects you with everything and fills you with awe that you share the same space with something that glorious. Like a sunrise or a clear blue day or the most extraordinary piece of glass. And then suddenly...you have this epiphany that there's more to the world than just you and what you want or even who you are.” WorldWantSpaceForgetClearPiecesShareOppositesBlueWho You AreExtraordinaryGlassesWhat You WantGloriousAweSunriseEpiphanyTrue BeautyNorth Of Beautiful Author:Justina Chen
“One time you told me that the opposite of love isn't hate. And I didn't understand that, but I think I do know. Because if you hate someone, you most still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live. Or lived.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesStillsCareHateBitsForgetLittle BitOppositesOne Time Author:Barry Lyga
“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.” RememberMovingMemoriesForgetExistenceConditionsForgivenessOppositesMoving Forward Book:The Nazarene Source: The Nazarene
“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” WayMayDifferentPainRememberForgetRecordsPaintingPhotographyOppositesPhotographPainterDifferent ThingsCapturing A Moment Photography Author:John Berger