Duality Quotes

"It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth." "The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow" "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other." "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness" "The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death" "We never consider that the thing that is likely to cause us the most harm is the same thing that brings us the most happiness" "What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?" "I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best" "Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened" "But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist?" "I'm not a hero. I'm a high-functioning tool bag with a heart of gold" "In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two " "The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain" "No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true" "There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain"