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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. — Blaise Pascal

The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception. — Georges Bataille

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ. — Jimmy Carter

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation. — Benjamin Franklin

Contrary to popular belief, you can make people think, but they will hate you for it. — James Rozoff

I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary. — Laurence Sterne

It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation. — Hyman Rickover

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature. — Honore De Balzac

Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it. — Simone De Beauvoir

Contrary to popular belief, the gene-centered theory of evolution does not imply that the point of all human striving is to spread our genes. — Steven Pinker

Speculative fiction includes all stories that take place in a setting contrary to known reality. — Orson Scott Card

Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour. — Andy Murray

Contrary to what everyone thinks, in my family, we didn't talk about politics at home. — Marion Marechal-Le Pen

No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson

There's no sacrifice in eating well, there is no sacrifice in pleasure. To the contrary, the best-grown food is actually the tastiest. — Michael Pollan

All statutes to the contrary are revoked. — Paulo Coelho

Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality. — Kevin Watkins

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness ... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi

Making money and making the world a better place are not contrary to one another. — Robert Kiyosaki

Do you think that love has to be requited to be genuine? On the contrary, it thrives on indifference. — Violet Trefusis

Depression, contrary to what we normally believe, is not sadness but an inability to fully feel sadness. Depression is sorrow denied. — Eric Weiner

A harmony established contrary to sense is often more onerous than a war. — Victor Hugo

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. — Elie Wiesel

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs. — Galileo Galilei

Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking. — Bob Hope

On the contrary, he was a mystery I was excited to solve. — Kiera Cass

God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs. — Robert Quillen

It appears to me that one defeats God precisely by not trying to stand above God, but on the contrary by using God's own existence against God. — Lionel Suggs

It is impossible to be hurt by someone you love contrary to popular belief. Only something or someone you fear can hurt you. — Frederick Dodson

There is enough light for those who desire only to see, and enough darkness for those of a contrary disposition. — Blaise Pascal

Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve. — Ernie J Zelinski

The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact. — Wayne Grudem

But God has set no traps for us. Quite the contrary. He has summoned us to the only true and full freedom. — Elisabeth Elliot

There is no excuse for falling into delusion, which is so contrary to the Word of God. — Dave Hunt

Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary. — William Butler Yeats

Any color is more distinctly seen when opposed to its contrary: thus, black on white, blear near yellow, green near red, and so on. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. — William Blackstone

Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death. — Pope John Paul II

True faith in God on the contrary awakens in you the mind of Christ, to reason yourself to the will and purposes of God. — Sunday Adelaja

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

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves. — George Voinovich

Not everything I do is gossip or bedroom. To the contrary, I think that's just an easy label to dismiss me and to dismiss the new medium. — Matt Drudge

I'm in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing argument to the contrary. — Gore Vidal

Contrary to nature's rule of "survival of the fittest," we humans measure civilization by how we respond to the most vulnerable and the suffering. — Philip Yancey

The idea of negotiating with the President of the United States runs contrary to everything that the Republicans have done since January 20, 2009. — Keith Olbermann

One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic. — Alexis De Tocqueville

We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual. — Susumu Tonegawa

Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science. — Nick Kroll

Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact. — Bertrand Russell

His will cannot be neutral or 'free' to act contrary to his nature. — Charles Spurgeon

If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change. — Dalai Lama XIV

Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do not love Him. — Meister Eckhart

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. — Thomas A Kempis

Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Augustine Of Hippo

The good news, however, is that, also contrary to popular belief, full and lasting recovery from an eating disorder is possible. — Lynn Crilly

Why does everyone run toward a blood-curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It's contrary to all sense. — Terry Pratchett

Contrary to what they tell you ... You are not a limited material being. — Amit Goswami

Lightning always strikes in the same place twice," said Mma Ramotswe. "Whatever people say to the contrary. — Alexander McCall Smith

Despite opinions to the contrary, restoring Godly values is the most progressive course of action that we could ever hope to take. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another. — Isabel Allende

To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary. — George Herbert

If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him. — Pope Pius IX

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud. — Aristophanes

What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to do by simply giving their nature free play. — John Stuart Mill

Friendship on the contrary is enjoyed in proportion to our desire: since it is a matter of the mind, with our souls being purified by practising it — Michel De Montaigne

The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars. — Jacob Bronowski

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. — John Negroponte

We find other people's vanity contrary to our taste only when it is contrary to our vanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

On the Contrary, to Aristotle the 'forms' were in the things because they were the particular characteristics of these things — Jostein Gaarder

Be careful not to become narrow-minded, or afraid of reading what is well written, quite the contrary, such writings are a source of comfort in life. — Vincent Van Gogh

No, I don't wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye. — Jared Leto

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet. — Joanna Russ

You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design. — Steve Maraboli

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit. — Charles Peguy

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure. — Eric Hoffer

Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand. — Mahatma Gandhi

It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness. — Jeremiah Burroughs

I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it. — Rod Stryker

God will never - never - lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible. — Billy Graham

A man never, in any instance, wills any thing contrary to his desires, or desires any thing contrary to his Will. — Jonathan Edwards

Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive. — Paul Samuelson

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary. — Plato

You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power. — Susan Piver

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil. — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal. — Auguste Rodin

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand. — Ronnie Montrose

If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to be possible. — Aristotle.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath ... and even into the 70s. — Charlton Heston

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man. — Roger Daltrey

Maybe I want to forget," I say, just to be contrary. "Maybe it'd be easier to forget, and get on with my life. Isn't that healthier? Moving on — Anonymous

On the contrary Deepika feels inferior to other people I was surprised when I realised it. She is straightforward & very giving — Imtiaz Ali

Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature. — Epictetus

Freedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it. — Epictetus

Faith never goes contrary to reason
faith simply ignores reason and rises above it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out. — Peter Berg

Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. — Steve Forbes

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market. — Barack Obama

If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie , here's evidence to the contrary. — James Berardinelli

That what each of us calls our necessary expenses will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary. — George S. Clason