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The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

~Confucius

Topics: Act Contrary Danger Does Even Haste He Man Meal Moments Seasons Single Space Superior Superior Man Virtue

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Bullies Bully Contrary Could Cowardly Describing Fairly Hope Intolerant Me Mind None Opinion Rather Terms Those Used Would

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The issues we hear Donald Trump talking about are just so contrary to who we are as a people. They are an affront and an insult to our higher angels and our best selves.

~Cory Booker

Topics: About Affront Angels Best Contrary Donald Donald Trump Hear Higher Insult Issues Just Our People Selves Talking Trump Who

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Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.

~Cyril Falls

Topics: Acceptance Contrary Ensure Leadership Necessary Particularly Ready Tradition Unfamiliar Which

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The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

~D. H. Lawrence

Topics: Always Artist Contrary Finer He Immorality Morality On The Contrary Substitute True True Artist

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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.

~Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Avoided Contrary Course Desired Destiny History Human Human History Implies Meaning Mystery Reason Something World

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Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

~Daniel J. Boorstin

Topics: Another Commodity Contrary Diffusion Grows Increases Knowledge Never On The Contrary Simply Up Used

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We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Action Contrary Emotions Expect Importance Improve Impulses Intuition Involve Likely No Reason Perhaps Powerful Problem Problems Quality Reason Strong

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Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in all time, and the thing we ought to be thinking about doing is changing our beliefs as that new information comes in.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: About Belief Beliefs Changing Cling Contrary Doing Even Evidence Face Having Information Learned New Ought Our Overwhelming Something Tend Thing Thinking Time

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Path does not spam users. Invites on Path are never sent without a user's consent - any allegations to the contrary are false.

~Dave Morin

Topics: Any Consent Contrary Does False Invites Never Path Sent Spam User Users Without

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