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    The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.

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Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.

Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.

by I Ching Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

by Bill Dixon Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just read more

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

by Thich Nhat Hanh Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

by Larry Adler Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

by James G. Bilkey Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

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