Quotes About Duality

the preserver on one side and the destroyer on the other.

When I was here, I wanted to be there. When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle.

As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn puts it, "If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who among us is willing to destroy a piece of their own heart?

If only there were evil people out there insidiously committing evil deeds and it was only necessary to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being, and who among us is willing to destroy a piece of their own heart?

A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel - or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything. Think of it always that way. A gun is as good - and as bad - as the man who carries it.

La dualidad esta dentro de nosotros todos estamos compuestos de absolutamente si y absolutamente no, de norte y sur, oscuridad y luz, todos somos héroes y todo lo contrario, podemos volar y caer.

Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade

I'm not really interested in the black and white, the 'goodies and baddies.' I find the complexity of the gray areas more compelling, more intriguing. As I have said before, there are angels and demons in all of us, and I am interested in the relationship between the two within the 'ordinary' person.

Ainsi le raisonnement avance-t-il droit sur ses deux pieds boiteux

The logical aspect of your life and the experiential dimension of your life are diametrically opposite to each other.

No hay lugar para el místico que soy dentro del ateo que represento.

Well, you know what they say: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

I began to feel alternately too big and too small. First, I grew so big that I took up the whole street; then I grew so small that nobody could see me — not even if I cried out.

I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true. And so I made pleasant little noises that showed both modesty and appreciation, but inside I was making a vow to erase from my mind, line by line, every word of that poem.

How do you get to be the sort of victor who can claim to be the vanquished also?

Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.

Whenever you interpret anything, you can read it two ways: in such a way that your interpretation creates mercy, and in such a way that it creates sacrifice.

John is a bad boy, but a good man.

Still. We are both man and woman. My brothers can be tender as mothers with their infants. Women can fight like tigers. Do you see? We are all a mix of each. Power starts when you strike the proper balance. Believe me when I tell you that the woman part of you is the better part. But you are also a man.

I am the only one who hasn't changed. I remain Catholic and atheist, thank God.

Excessive symmetry is either unnatural and conceals some human thought behind it, or else supernatural and conceals some mystery.

It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side.

Evil has no need to bother with eliminating Good. It's far simpler to let Good fight against itself.

Proprio non so come dirlo in modo che suoni veritiero: di verità ne esistono sempre come minimo due.