"Our ancestors built temples for their gods. We build department stores."

Contrast, Society, Change, Tradition, Consumer

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"Our ancestors built temples for their gods. We build department stores."

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"No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the darker that shadow becomes."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Contrast, Light, Shadow, Darkness, Hope

"To wish for the happiest days is to wish for a season of sorrow; for it is only after prolonged, wintry darkness that the summer sun appears to shine at its brightest."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Contrast, Truth, Regret, Life, Wisdom

"If tragedy never entered our lives, we wouldn't appreciate the magic."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Contrast, Tragedy, Appreciation, Magic, Emotion

"Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Contrast, Balance, Beauty, Disgust, Magnificence

"When faced with contrast, take nothing personally and don't try to defend yourself. Defending one's self is a vibrational relative of guilt. People will think what they like; do not feed fuel to the fire by reacting. Simply ask questions for clarity and in response say 'Is that so?' Take responsibility for the energy you brought to the situation, acknowledge the illusions without attachment, and move forward. Other people's opinions are none of your business. Remember that each person is on their own unique path, and the mirror of contrast you hold up to them may be exactly what is necessary for their conscious growth at that time."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Contrast, Detachment, Boundaries, Energy, Clarity

"Once the image was in the digital environment, one of the problems was, we had no means to reproduce the color spectrum, grey scale, and contrast that film produces, without converting the digital file to film, evaluating it, then going back and changing the digital image."

John Dykstra, American Scientist

Contrast, Environment, Film, Problems

"Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Contrast, Light, Darkness, Time, Speed

"Whilst some people inspire, others conspire!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Contrast, Inspirational, People, Life, Action

"If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Contrast, Beauty, Pain, Life

"The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"The body is the outermost layer of the mind."

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"All the supernatural yarns need a realist explanation and a supernatural one."

Mystery, Supernatural, Realism, Explanation

"The first of 'Goose's Two Laws of Survival.' It runs thus, 'The weak are meat the strong do eat.' ... Henry grinned in the dark & cleared his throat. "The second law of survival states that there is no second law. Eat or be eaten. That's it."

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"Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most."

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"The Future, says Ian, in a film-trailer voice. "Coming soon, to a Present near you."

Future, Time, Present, Change

"A sprinkle of last-minute despair gives a soul an agreeably earthy aftertaste."

Emotion, Despair, Life, Experience

"Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core."

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"I watched the stars and thought of other lives."

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"Hey, metaphysics seminar is on the roof. Just take the elevator up and keep walking until you hit the sidewalk. Anything is true if enough people believe it."

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"Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding the mirror."I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves.Mephi replied, "History suggests, not until they are made to."

Justice, Conscience, History, Truth, Judgement