“The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites.” InspirationalMovingPurposeSufferingConsciousnessOppositesPainfulTherapyRemovePolarity Author:James Hollis
“Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and purpose exact opposites, for the one extinguishes fire and the other adds fuel to it. So also the world and its treasures, the heart and its thirst for God are alike His creation. Now the result of the attempt to satisfy the heart with the wealth and pride and honours of this world is the same as if one tried to put out a fire with petrol, for the heart can only find ease and satisfaction in Him who created both it and the longing desire of which it is conscious.” IfsWorldHeartSeemsEarthDesirePurposeWaterWealthResultsFireCreationThis WorldPrideConsciousOppositesLongingAddSatisfactionTreasureEaseFuelHonourConsumerismThirstOverconsumptionPetrolThirst For God Author:Sadhu Sundar Singh
“Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.” LittlesArtPurposeValuesHolyShapesOppositesSacredIntentionWorthyRealisingPitifulSacred Art Author:Antoni Tapies
“The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths. That, more than anything else, is what science is all about. But historically science has done exactly the opposite. Through multiplication upon multiplication of facts, information, theories and hypotheses, it is science itself that is leading mankind from single absolute truths to multiple indeterminate, relative ones.” DoneFactsPurposeMankindInformationTheoryOppositesAbsolutesMethodRelativeMultipleHypothesisSelectScientific MethodAbsolute TruthHypotheticalMultiplication Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“The longer I live, the more it grieves me to see man, who occupies his supreme place for the very purpose of imposing his will upon nature, and freeing himself and his from an outrageous necessity--to see him taken up with some false notion, and doing just the opposite of what he wants to do; and then, because the whole bent of his mind is spoilt, bungling miserably over everything.” MenWantMindWholePurposeTakenOppositesNotionSupremeGrievingBentOutrageousImposingSpoilt Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“The problem is that, regardless of what our theologies tell us about the purpose of the clergy, the actual effect of the clergy profession is to make the body of Christ lame. This happens not because clergy intend it (they usually intend the opposite) but because the objective nature of the profession inevitably turns the laity into passive receivers.” ProblemBodyHappensPurposeTurnsChristEffectsOppositesProfessionTheologyObjectivesPassiveLameClergyReceiverBody Of Christ Author:Christian Smith
“The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actuality, however; it accomplishes the opposite by nurturing a permanent dependence of the laity on the clergy. Clergy become to their congregations like parents whose children never grow up, like therapists whose clients never become healed, like teachers whose students never graduate.” ChildrenSelfSpiritualPurposeGrowsParentGoalChurchGrowing UpTeacherStudentsOppositesValuableAccomplishProfessionPermanentMaturityGraduatesClientsNurtureDependenceHealedNurturingTherapistsCongregationClergyActualitySpiritual Maturity Author:Christian Smith
“Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose... one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites --- polar opposites --- so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love... What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ProblemPurposeJusticeAbilityLove IsAchieveNeededDemandUnderstoodConceptsOppositesAnd LoveRealizationDenialSentimentalRecklessResignationWithout LoveAbusiveCorrectingImplementingPolar OppositesAgainst LoveConcept Of Love Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. His purpose is that I depend on HIM and in HIS power NOW. His end is the process. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God....His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the 'afterwards' of obedience. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present; if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious.” IfsMayEndsMomentsDreamPurposeProcessRealizingViewsPayAttentionMinutesDependsOppositesObedienceSufficientOur Dreams Author:Oswald Chambers
“Thanks to the night, we long for the day; thanks to the day, we long for the night! The purpose of the opposites is to make us long for something! Thanks to the crowds, we long for the solitude; thanks to the solitude, we long for the crowds!” LongPurposeNightSolitudeOppositesCrowdsThanks Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an opposite purpose which is to remove them from the emotional space and allow them to enter a space of thinking, because I believe that when the audience is watching the film they're watching it with their feelings.” ThinkingBelieveEndsFactsFeelingsFilmPurposeI BelieveSpaceEmotionAudienceEmotionalOppositesRemoveAccentuate Author:Asghar Farhadi
“With Ameen Rihani the matter is diametrically opposite to Alois Musil's Arabian Desert, in purpose, in point of view and, above all, in personal psychology... I have considerable admiration for Mr. Rihani as a writer, an authentic poet and a philosopher.” MatterPurposeViewsPsychologyPoetOppositesPhilosopherPoint Of ViewDesertAdmirationArabian Author:William Seabrook
“The stage is the opposite: you are talking loud so you can project to the back row and you know the whole play. In a movie, you are scene-to-scene; you only know the purpose of that scene. On the stage, that is artistic science. It is real, it is loving, it is truthfully you. It is two different formulas to make two different art pieces, but it is all about truth.” KnowsArtTwoDifferentRealPlayWholePurposeTalkingPiecesStageSceneProjectsOppositesArtisticLoudFormulas Author:Gary Busey
“Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens.” BelieveStillsGovernmentRunningLastsPurposeEconomyCitizensActivityProtectOppositesPrimariesCorporationsDestructiveInjuredOutragePurpose Of Government Author:Derrick Jensen
“Or maybe what he fears is just the opposite: that nobody is looking; that his death, like his life, is without purpose; that there is neither greater good nor evil--only people living and dying because their bodies function and then do not; that the universe is a rip.” PeopleBodyLife IsPurposeUniverseEvilGreaterDyingOppositesFunctionRipGreater Good Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.” ThinkingMenFirstsLooksMaySaidDifferentSeemsMightPurposeWiseDesignKeysFitShapesOppositesFunctionUselessLocksGlancesExaminationTrue NatureLock And Key Book:Mistborn Trilogy Source: Mistborn Trilogy
“She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” as her mother said, who never colored, gracefully or otherwise. (Convincing her mother that Christianity had, to all intents and purposes, originated with the Italians, thus making them the exact opposite of heathen, was a waste of time and breath.)” SaidMotherPurposeChristianityWasteOppositesBreathsWasting TimePossessedConvincingEmbarrassmentHeathenComplexion Author:Gail Carriger
“There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment. Wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of almighty God. Not trying to direct it for selfish purposes. Battles are won not with weapons, but with God. They are won when the way leads to the cross.” WayWantGivingTryingMeanHandsPurposeNationsDestinySecurityBattleProtectSafeDemandWeaponsCrossesDirectOppositesSafetyOneselfSelfishObedienceGuaranteesAlmightyCommandmentsVentureAlmighty God Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Reality, for all intents and purposes, is just life - the real world, pure and uncut, shot straight to the vein of our souls every day we draw breath. Whether it's good or bad, it's still reality; the opposite of illusion, the foe of fantasy, and the anchor that keeps us stuck on this plane. And thank Buddha it does, because some people need it in huge doses.” PeopleWorldNeedsDoeStillsRealSoulRealityPurposeFantasyHugePureDrawsIllusionShotsOppositesBreathsStuckPlanesMemorableReal WorldVeinsFoeAnchorsDose Author:Corey Taylor