#extremes

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#beneficial #consequences #evil #extremes #forget

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#avoid #bipartisanship #causes #compromises #cooperate

People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#experiences #extremes #hear #human #human nature

All situations in which the interrelationships between extremes are involved are the most interesting and instructive. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#extremes #education

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#biggest #city #created #dickens #expanded

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#meet #mouth #said #tail

When you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#get #just #need #sometimes #stand

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves. ↗

— John Avlon

#back #both #debate #define #extremes

I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#against #anything #customs #extremes #films

We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#asserting #become #carry #closer #consequence