Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Progress requires opposing forces like attraction and repulsion, reason and energy.
- In plain terms
- You need opposites like love and hate to move forward.
- What can you take from it?
- Opposites are necessary for growth and existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What opposites drive your growth?
- Is conflict necessary?
Another view
Some conflicts may be destructive rather than progressive.
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