Quotes by Subtraction Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction. Donald Rumsfeld subtractionpoliticshumans The soul grows by subtraction, not addition. Henry David Thoreau subtractiongrowssoul Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution. J. C. Ryle subtractionsubstitutionsatan Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication? Julian Barnes subtractionmultiplication Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure. Julian Barnes subtractionaccumulationloss The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction. Meister Eckhart subtractionsouldoe 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. Michael Pollan subtractionitalianmight Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words. Neal A. Maxwell subtractionmeeknessself Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said Rick Riordan subtractionsixzero Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want. Umberto Eco subtractionwantway
