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Contrary Quotes

Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour Picture Quote #1

To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary Picture Quote #1

Commit no act that is contrary to love Picture Quote #1

All statutes to the contrary are revoked Picture Quote #1

Contrary to what people may say, there’s no upper limit to stupidity Picture Quote #1

Our wills and fates do so contrary run Picture Quote #1

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Every ideology is contrary to human psychology Picture Quote #1

Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact Picture Quote #1

Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary Picture Quote #1

Faith is not contrary to reason Picture Quote #1

I can be as contrary as I choose Picture Quote #1

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature Picture Quote #1

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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense Picture Quote #1

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher Picture Quote #1

Extreme complication is contrary to art Picture Quote #1

I have this demon who wants me to run away screaming if I am going to be flawed, fallible. It wants me to think I’m so good I must be perfect. Or nothing. I am, on the contrary, something: a being who gets tired, has shyness to fight, has more trouble than most facing people easily Picture Quote #1

Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands Picture Quote #1

To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace Picture Quote #1

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There is a strange idea aboard, held by all monetary cranks, that credit is something a banker gives to a man. Credit, on the contrary, is something a man already has. He has it, perhaps, because he already has marketable assets of a greater cash value than the loan for which he is asking. Or he has it because his character and past record have earned it. He brings it into the bank with him. That is why the banker makes him the loan Picture Quote #1

Which doesn’t mean, of course, that I’d stopped loving her, that I’d forgotten her, or that her image had paled; on the contrary; in the form of a quiet nostalgia she remained constantly within me; I longed for her as one longs for something definitively lost Picture Quote #1

The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying Picture Quote #1

Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place Picture Quote #1

Err, v. I. To believe or act in a way contrary to my beliefs and actions Picture Quote #1

If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind Picture Quote #1

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But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end Picture Quote #1

Individuals because of their identity can’t render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value Picture Quote #1

Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance Picture Quote #1

The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns Picture Quote #1

Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt Picture Quote #1

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed Picture Quote #1

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Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour (Contrary Quotes) To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary (Contrary Quotes) Commit no act that is contrary to love (Contrary Quotes) All statutes to the contrary are revoked (Contrary Quotes) Contrary to what people may say, there’s no upper limit to stupidity (Contrary Quotes) Our wills and fates do so contrary run (Contrary Quotes) Every ideology is contrary to human psychology (Contrary Quotes) Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact (Contrary Quotes) Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary (Contrary Quotes) Faith is not contrary to reason (Contrary Quotes) I can be as contrary as I choose (Contrary Quotes) Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature (Contrary Quotes) Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense (Contrary Quotes) True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher (Contrary Quotes) Extreme complication is contrary to art (Contrary Quotes) I have this demon who wants me to run away screaming if I am going to be flawed, fallible. It wants me to think I’m so good I must be perfect. Or nothing. I am, on the contrary, something: a being who gets tired, has shyness to fight, has more trouble than most facing people easily (Contrary Quotes) Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands (Contrary Quotes) To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace (Contrary Quotes) There is a strange idea aboard, held by all monetary cranks, that credit is something a banker gives to a man. Credit, on the contrary, is something a man already has. He has it, perhaps, because he already has marketable assets of a greater cash value than the loan for which he is asking. Or he has it because his character and past record have earned it. He brings it into the bank with him. That is why the banker makes him the loan (Contrary Quotes) Which doesn’t mean, of course, that I’d stopped loving her, that I’d forgotten her, or that her image had paled; on the contrary; in the form of a quiet nostalgia she remained constantly within me; I longed for her as one longs for something definitively lost (Contrary Quotes) The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying (Contrary Quotes) Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place (Contrary Quotes) Err, v. I. To believe or act in a way contrary to my beliefs and actions (Contrary Quotes) If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind (Contrary Quotes) But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end (Contrary Quotes) Individuals because of their identity can’t render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value (Contrary Quotes) Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance (Contrary Quotes) The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns (Contrary Quotes) Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt (Contrary Quotes) The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed (Contrary Quotes)

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