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Great Enemy Quotes

Quotes naming truth's, love's, and focus's real enemies.

The sharpest line here argues the great enemy of truth isn't the deliberate lie but persistent, persuasive myth, a real Challenge to clear thinking. Another recalls studying Russian during the Cold War's ideological Conflict.

I had studied Russian in college. I had gotten into it first through literature and then just really found it kind of fascinating; of course, this was during the Cold War. So they were kind of the other great enemy...

Quotes by Scott Shane

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Challenge Quotes

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

Quotes by Henri Nouwen

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

George Orwell

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

Quotes by Dan Stevens

Frequently Asked Questions

What is named as the great enemy of truth in these quotes?
Persistent, persuasive myth is named the greater threat to truth, not the deliberate lie, framing misinformation as a real Challenge.
Do these quotes connect 'great enemy' to personal relationships?
Yes, one quote calls fear the great enemy of intimacy, with love described as its true friend and counterbalance.
Is there a historical reference among these great enemy quotes?
Yes, one speaker recalls studying Russian during the Cold War, an era shaped by ideological Conflict between nations.
What everyday example of a 'great enemy' appears here?
A full meal is called a great enemy to both study and industry, suggesting overeating can dull focus and drive.
Do these quotes offer any resolution to these named enemies?
One implies love serves as intimacy's best Resolution against fear, while others simply name the problem without prescribing a fix.

Two more quotes name unexpected enemies: a full meal working against study and industry, and fear working against intimacy, since love is called its true friend and best Resolution.