#contrast

To laugh continually is to never laugh at all. For it takes the periodic sound of sorrow from which to distinguish the sound of joy. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#joy #laugh #laughter #life #life-lessons

It takes darkness to be aware of the light. ↗

— Treasure Tatum

#contrast #light #spirituality #trials #trials

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can. ↗

— Maurice Baring

#contrast #does #genius #mozart #must

I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible. ↗

— Adam Garcia

#areas #being #contrast #country #developed

Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop. ↗

— Peter Facinelli

#am #back #career #contrasting #dexter

Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#contrast #experienced #feelings #happiness #happy

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. ↗

— Voltaire

#because #brought #cannot #colors #contrary

'The Help' sheds light on a certain truth in America, but the tragedy is if we don't get a chance to contrast it with other points of views. 'The Butler' does that, 'Red Tails' does that and that's what '96 Minutes' does. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#butler #certain #chance #contrast #does

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#contrast #dissent #fear #societies #which