“The more popular a person thinks he is in the blogosphere, the thinner his skin and the thicker his hypocrisy. This should be exactly the opposite: the higher you go the thicker the skin and thinner the hypocrisy.” ThinkingShouldPersonsFunnyHigherSkinsOppositesThoughtfulHypocrisyBlogging Author:Guy Kawasaki
“The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him feel that he is a part of some larger entity which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. This psychological urge to belong, to participate, to commune is as primary and real as its opposite. The all-important question is the nature of that higher entity of which the individual feels himself a part.” FeelsImportantRealSelfIndividualSocietyHigherWorshipEmpathyOppositesBoundariesTendenciesPsychologicalPrimariesUrgesMechanismEntityProjectionIdentificationImportant QuestionsCommunes Author:Arthur Koestler
“The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.” SelfSelf EsteemHigherOppositesEsteem Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Those who are guilty of the argumentum ad ignorantiam profess belief in something because its opposite cannot be proved ... In the realm where "prejudice" is now most an issue, it normally takes a form like this: you cannot prove by the method of statistics and quantitative measurement that men are not equal. Therefore all men are equal. ... You cannot prove again by the methods of science that one culture is higher than another. Therefore the culture of the Digger Indians is just a good as that of Muncie, Indiana, or thirteenth-century France.” MenFormCultureBeliefIssuesCenturyHigherProveEqualOppositesPrejudiceMethodGuiltyFranceRealmsStatisticsAdsMeasurementIndiana Author:Richard M. Weaver
“Remember that hate is not the opposite of love as people think. Hate is love standing upside down; it is not the opposite of love. The real opposite of love is fear. In love one expands, in fear one shrinks. In fear one becomes closed, in love one opens. In fear one doubts, in love one trusts. In fear one is left lonely. In love one disappears; hence there is no question of loneliness at all. Love is when you have known your inner sky. There is no higher religion than love” PeopleThinkingRealRememberHateLeftLove IsKnownDoubtSkyLonelinessHigherStandingLonelyOppositesDisappearShrinksUpside Down Author:Rajneesh
“We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to the swings and I climb on and Henry takes the one next to me facing the opposite direction. And we swing higher and higher passing each other, sometimes in synch and sometimes streaming past each other so fast that it seems we are going to collide. And we laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost or dead or far away. Right now we are here and nothing can mar our perfection or steal the joy of this perfect moment.” EndsSometimesMomentsHandsSeemsRunningPastJoyNextLostPerfectLaughingStreetsHigherWalkingRight NowPerfectionOppositesStealingPassingPassingsBlockClimbsSwingsFar AwayMarsPlaygroundsHolding HandsStreamingCollidePerfect Moments Author:Audrey Niffenegger
“at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered.” EndsShowsHigherOppositesBordersLowestAltered Author:Cecelia Ahern
“In the first study, Grant and his colleagues analyzed data from one of the five biggest pizza chains in the United States. They discovered that the weekly profits of the stores managed by extroverts were 16 percent higher than the profits of those led by introverts—but only when the employees were passive types who tended to do their job without exercising initiative. Introverted leaders had the exact opposite results. When they worked with employees who actively tried to improve work procedures, their stores outperformed those led by extroverts by more than 14 percent.” FirstsStatesJobsUnitedResultsLeaderUnited StatesStudyFiveTypeHigherExercisePercentOppositesProfitStoresChainsDataEmployeeGrantsInitiativePassiveIntrovertColleaguesProceduresPizzaIntrovertedExtroverts Author:Susan Cain
“Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me, just the opposite is the case: the society exists for the individual, the culture exists for the individual, the nation exists for the individual. Everything can be sacrificed, but the individual cannot be sacrificed for anything. Individuality is the very flowering of existence - nothing is higher than it. But no culture, no society, no civilization is ready to accept a simple truth.” CultureIndividualNationsSimpleExistenceAcceptingCasesTakenSocietyReadyHigherCivilizationOppositesIndividualityVicesGrantedVice VersaFloweringSimple Truths Author:Rajneesh
“For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.” AmountHigherEqualOppositesClimbsTravelerRotation Book:Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions Source: Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions