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Subtraction Quotes

The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.

The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.

Henry David Thoreau

Soul, Subtraction, Grows

The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.

Meister Eckhart

Soul, Doe, Subtraction

Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.

Satan, Subtraction, Substitution

Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.

Neal A. Maxwell

Self, Subtraction, Meekness

Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said

Zero, Six, Subtraction

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Donald Rumsfeld

Politics, Subtraction, Humans

Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.

Want, Way, Subtraction

Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication?

Subtraction, Multiplication

Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.88, Random House

It's all very Italian (and decidedly un-American): to insist that doing the right thing is the most pleasurable thing, and that the act of consumption might be an act of addition rather than subtraction.

Italian, Might, Subtraction

Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.134, Bloomsbury Publishing

Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure.

Loss, Subtraction, Accumulation

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