Inverting Quotes

Every living creature is happy when he fulfills his destiny, that is, when he realizes himself, when he is being that which in truth he is. For this reason, Schlegel, inverting the relationship between pleasure and destiny, said, "We have a genius for what we like.” Genius, man's superlative gift for doing something, always carries a look of supreme pleasure. (José Ortega y Gasset)
Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses. View quote
Thomas Samuel Kuhn
Whereas the good news had first been published for its own sake with no concern for success, now ineluctably success brought, as always, a desire for it. ... They were not aware of what was happening, namely, that society was inverting Christianity instead of being subverted by it. View quote
Jacques Ellul
The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition. View quote
Robert Agostinelli
We must only learn that independence cannot be gained by a rebellion against the constitution of the universe, or by inverting the laws of life and evolution, but by comprehending them and adapting ourselves to the world in which we live. View quote
Paul Carus