If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

Pythagoras
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold,...
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold,...
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold,...
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold,...
About This Quote

In this quote, the Buddha is saying that the world is filled with all sorts of opposites. For example, if there is light, then there must be darkness. If there is heat, then there must be coldness. If there is height, then there must be depth.

If there is solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death. The idea of opposites is really an important point in early Buddhism. One of the main ideas in Buddhism is that life can be experienced in two different ways: completely joyful and completely miserable.

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