A Quotes
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“At times, it may seem as if the entire prior history of the Universe led us to this pivotal moment of realization that we are the 'brain cells' of a larger planetary superorganism, progressively morphing into one Global Mind.”
Source: The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind's Evolution
“At times it may seem as though you and your past are one. Sometimes we fail to differentiate between what has happened to us and who we are today. If you have a hard time getting beyond that damaging mind-set let me encourage you right now. You are not your past Although you are changed and shaped by past experiences who you were yesterday does not control the person you have the potential to become tomorrow.”
Source: When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back
“At times it may seem that our trials are focused on areas of our lives and parts of our souls with which we seem least able to cope. Since personal growth is an intended outcome of these challenges, it should come as no surprise that the trials can be very personal-almost laser guided to our particular needs or weaknesses.”
“At times it may seem worse - harder, at least - to live through the despair of this loss without the temporary comfort of our addictive behaviour. We cannot drown our sorrows. We must face the fact that we don’t know, really, where we are, how we got here, how long the pain will last, or how to move past it. That uncertainty may be the most painful part of not knowing a God: no one is there to reassure us that a God will take the pain and confusion away. We simply don’t know. And we have no way to numb ourselves or to forget the condition we’re in.”
“At times it’s as if the Silicon Valley inmates are running the VC asylum. But what might seem like unicorn-crazed chaos from the outside looking in is actually carefully structured.”
Source: StartUp Saboteurs: How Incompetence, Ego, and Small Thinking Prevent True Wealth Creation
“At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through things from the past in your mind.”
Source: Sarah's Quilt
“At times, it's our ego that pushes us to chase someone.”
“At times, it seemed that sleep was his only refuge, the one place in the world where the dead couldn’t find him.”
Source: Between Worlds
“At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.”
Source: All Creatures Great and Small
“At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.”
“At times it seems as if the whole world has become a refugee and the few of us, who are privileged enough to wake up to the sound of an alarm clock instead of a siren, those of us who are enveloped by a veil of safety many of us fail to appreciate, have become desensitised to the migrating numbers, to the images of the dead, shrugging them away as a collective misery that this ailing part of the world must endure.”
“At times it seems as if you're a glorified babysitter with these guys, but they're all really good people. You just want to keep everybody happy. One of the biggest things is to keep the lines of communication open and just to keep everything running as smoothly as possible.”
“At times, it seems as though my soul is like a sparrow that happened to enter a child's room and got ensnared upon crashing against the wall. You represent the child, your body serves as the room, and I am the hapless soul, unwilling to break free from your body.”
“At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!”
Source: The Spiritual Man
“At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing.”
“At times life becomes too busy for religious thoughts.”
“At times, life presents us with challenging conditions, and trying to navigate them can be utterly overwhelming. Since our most powerful asset is the ability to make choices for ourselves, this freedom to choose, we must conquer, cherish dearly, and practice cleverly. (“The infinite Wisdom of Meditation“)”
“At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.”
“At times like the present, when the evils of unsound finance threaten us, the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortune of others, the capitalist may protect himself by hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuations of values; but the wage earner - the first to be injured by a depreciated currency and the last to receive the benefit of its correction - is practically defenseless.”
Source: Special message, August 8th, 1893. Extract from third annual message, December 2nd, 1895
“At times like these, size really does matter," I point out, at I extend my ginormous umbrella over her in a way that stops any rain droplets from falling on her.
My Best Valentine's Day Ever, A Short Story by Zack Love”
Source: Stories and Scripts: an Anthology
“At times like this, it would have been easier not to exist. Nobody wants to listen, even when you scream for them for it. It's time to open the window, time to let it go.”
“At times like this, or when hoeing soil or sanding wood, or just sitting on a bench with my face turned to the sun, I appeared to slip out of the moment so entirely - or, conversely, perhaps was so deeply immersed in the here and now - that I forgot who I was. The slate of self was wiped.”
Source: The Offing
“At times like this There's not a lot that words can do To help ease your pain and sense of loss And though it may be hard to believe right now Know that the pain will ease with time And you will look back at the memories of your dear one And smile and remember a life well lived and loved.”
“At times like this, I'm thankful I don't feel love.”
“At times, look back towards your ancient days, drink deep from the eternal fountain of wisdom long gone, and then look ahead.”
“At times, loss becomes the quiet auditor of our lives—stripping away what is familiar so what is essential can emerge. In that surrender, we gain clarity, rediscover our true nature, and realign with the purpose that truly matters.”
“At times, love is silent because of too much hurt or too much care. At all times,
love is the strongest voice you can always rely on.”
Source: Yours, poetically: Special Deluxe Edition of Selected Poems and Quotes
“At times, maintaining a positive attitude and outlook takes great risk, courage, toughness, and flexibility. It is not easy to stay positive in a cynical and negative world.”
Source: The Art of Preparation: 8 Ways to Plan with Purpose & Intention for Positive Impact
“At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives. The enemy's voice whispers in our ears, 'You can't do it.' 'You're too young.' 'You're too old.' 'You're nobody.' This is when we remember that we are created in the image of God. Reflection on this truth provides a profound sense of strength and power.”
“At times of crisis or distress, it's poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people's feelings, maybe in a way that fiction, because it works in a longer way, can't. There's a little bit of your brain that mourns and grieves that you're not writing poetry, but actually as long as I'm writing something, I'm happy.”
“At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.”
“At times of extreme intensity, the kundalini can become active. Suddenly a 70-year old lady, who can't lift a bag of prunes, will lift an automobile a few inches because her grandchild got stuck under it.”
“At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles”
Source: An Actor Prepares
“At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But it will also need additional revenues. Should the government not receive them, we will all get punished with higher interest rates.”
“At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.”
“At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege.”
Source: Singing Wilderness
“At times on the orchard, the leaves fluttered like locusts. At times they turned upside down and showed their white undersides in an almost embarrassing way. At times they turned orange and brown. And at times they kept spinning off the trees like whirligigs. Now they were perfectly, sublimely still, like an audience.
Birdie moved her lips to Enrico’s and sighed into them, touching her forehead to his.
From the trees, they looked like full-grown lovers.”
Source: The Secrets of Peaches
“At times, one can win clever people over to a principle merely by presenting it in the form of an outrageous paradox.”
Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“At times one feels happy being sad.”
“At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.”
“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good Spirit, the children will have the bad spirit but a short time.”
“At times our decisions land up in gaining irrelevance and losing significance.”
Source: Quantraz
“At times, our greatest comfort can come in entrusting the mysteries of life.”
“At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards.”
Source: A Room with a View
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
“At times people in the press were also useful to me.”
“At times, productivity means doing nothing at all.”
Source: Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
“At times, reality is love’s great challenge. When our old stories and dreams are shattered, our first instinct may be to resist, deny, or cling to the way things were. But if we loosen our grip, often what fills the space is a tender forgiveness and the potential for a new and different kind of love.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection