Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.