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“History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual teachers. Ironically, their congregations would probably be the ones hiding their faces from the accuracies of truth speakers like Christ. Now, Christ was the complete opposite of negative, however the danger is that truth is often misunderstood as negativity by those who are constantly taught to only seek flattery.”

Source: Killosophy

“Americans ... do not naturally apply the term "bourgeois" to themselves, or to anyone else for that matter. They do like to call themselves middle class, but that does not carry with it any determinate spiritual content. ... The term "middle class" does not have any of the many opposites that bourgeois has, such as aristocrat, saint, hero, or artist - all good.”

Doe Matter Spiritual Artist Term Class Middle Hero Opposites Saint Middle Class Bourgeois

Author:Allan Bloom

“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.”

“Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place is moody, Im stolid in my interior, where this place has a certain flair, and Im materialistic in a sense that this place is fundamentally spiritual - theres a quicksilver quality about this place.”

Needs Spiritual Certain Quality Opposites Practicals Like Me Interiors Materialistic Miami Moody Flair

Author:Iggy Pop

“Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear, but in reality the opposite is true. . . . The more rooted we are in the love of God, the more generously we will live our faith.”

Matter Reality Seems Spiritual Moral Awareness Opposites No Matter What God Love Reasonable Laziness Rooted God Loves Us

Book:The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus

Source: The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus

“The lion shall never lie down with the lamb. The lion eternally shall devour the lamb, the lamb eternally shall be devoured. Man knows the great consummation in the flesh, the sensual ecstasy, and that is eternal. Also the spiritual ecstasy of unanimity, that is eternal. But the two are separate and never to be confused.”

Knows Men Two Spiritual Lying Eternal Opposites Flesh Sensuality Sensual Confused Ecstasy Lions Lambs Never Lie Unanimity

Book:Twilight in Italy and Other Essays

Source: Twilight in Italy and Other Essays

“Indeed, nearly all attempts to exterminate a doctrine and its organizational expression, by force without spiritual foundation, are doomed to failure, and not seldom end with the exact opposite of the desired result.”

Ends Spiritual Force Results Expression Opposites Foundation Doctrine Doomed Organizational

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf