German original: Gegensätze und Widerspruche, dass ist unsere Harmonie.

Fragment 3. The harmony is generally the result of contraries; for it is the unity of multiplicity, and the agreement of discordances. (Nicom.Arith.2:509).

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

From the strain
of binding opposites
comes harmony.

Opposition is true Friendship.

The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.

I felt in harmony with the disharmony of others, myself, and the world.

The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is often the most natural.

But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.

Everything that is harmoniously constituted is knit together out of opposites...

...in divinity opposites are always reconciled.

-We are a mass of contradictions. Always trying to be more, yet trying to accept and love ourselves just as we are. Trying to accept the reality of the human experience while knowing that we are also spiritual beings.

We suffer, yet we can rise above our suffering. We experience loss, yet we feel love forever. We take life for granted, yet we know it does not last. We live in a world filled with less and more, with cycles of scarcity and abundance, big and small. If we can recognize these oppositions, we will be happier.

One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.

I know there is strength in the differences between us,
And I know there is comfort where we overlap.