“Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively.”
“Only in the world of mathematics do two negatives multiply into a positive.”
“In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse.”
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
“Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive?”
“"Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.”