I Quotes
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“If one advice strengthens us, then many advices lead us to strengthen others”
“If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.”
“If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience”
“If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.”
“If one as source is accurate... all is about the pattern... so let's follow the pattern.”
“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.”
“If one asks how exactly VCs do that they do, it is not clear that the answer today is much different from half a century ago. The dominant form of organization is still the limited partnership with an ephemeral fund life, even though this places constraints on the time scale of investment returns. Although there have been some organizational structure and strategy innovation, these have been paradoxically rare in an industry that finances radical change.”
Source: VC: An American History
“If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society as powerful traditions, which act upon the conduct and aspirations and judgments of the individuals; they are there, that is, as something living, without its being necessary to find justification for their existence.”
“If one aspires, to explore the unique idiots and the fools; the Wikipedia has that and such place.”
“If one assumes a humble attitude, one's own good qualities will increase. Whereas if one is proud, one will become jealous of others, one will look down on others, and due to that there will be unhappiness in society.”
“If one attains only the faith in the Self, he will not experience fear anywhere at all, fear will go away.”
“If one attempts to achieve deity or to have the holy, he is thrown back; he is refused. His language is taken from him. He can no longer even communicate. That's the Tower of Babel.”
“If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness.”
Source: A Maimonides Reader
“If one bad thing befell me, I immediately linked it to every bad thing that had happened in the last week or might happen in the coming week. And when I became sad, I was prone to wallow in grief, piling up my woes and sprawling on them like a dragon on a hoard.”
Source: Fool's Assassin
“If one becomes enlightened, as I did in past incarnations, we leave the structural universes behind. We don't even have past incarnations because the form that had those incarnations has dissolved into the clear light of reality.”
“If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.”
“If one believed in angels one would feel that they must love us best when we are asleep and cannot hurt each other; and what a mercy it is that once in every twenty-four hours we are too utterly weary to go on being unkind.”
Source: The Solitary Summer
“If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist — he is without that belief. The distinction between atheism and theism is entirely, exclusively, that of whether one has or has not a belief in God.”
“If one believes philosophers, then what we call religion is only a deliberately popularized or an instinctively artless philosophy. Poets seem to consider religion rather as a variation of poetry which by misjudging its proper beautiful game takes itself too seriously and one-sidedly. Philosophy, however, admits and recognizes that it can begin and complete itself only with religion. Poetry seeks only to strive for the infinite and despises worldly utility and culture, which are the true antitheses of religion. Eternal peace among artists is thus not far away.”
“If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.”
Source: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
“If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.”
“If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.”
“If one burdens the future with one's worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed in worldly things, but that even when things go badly for me I shall still find life good and worth living.”
Source: An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
“If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.”
“If one by one we counted people out”
Source: The Letters of Robert Frost
“If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.”
Source: The Letters of Robert Frost
“If one calls upon Him repeatedly, He becomes compassionate; and so a devoted attachment comes into being. This love for love's sake should be hidden from all eyes.”
Source: At Holy Mother's Feet: Teachings of Shri Sarada Devi
“If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.”
“If one can exactly see the world ‘as it is’; if one can exactly see the ‘relative’ and the ‘real’, it is shukladhyan (contemplation as the Self, Pure Soul).”
“If one can exactly see the world ‘as it is’; if one can exactly see the ‘relative’ and the ‘real’, it is shukladhyan (Internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’).”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“If one can know how good a city is by its smell, one should know how good a society is by the women's status.”
“If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.”
“If one can remain in peace during agitation and anxiety; that is a real true of peace.”
Source: Worries
“If one can remember that one is here for something more than fragile dreams then one will have passed the first, pivotal test.”
Source: Circles of Separation
“If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.”
“If one can't answer,
simplify the question.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“If one can understand why people behave as they do then often the road to forgiveness is opened. Not only is forgiveness essential for the health of Society, it is also vital for our personal well-being. Bitterness is like a cancer that enters the soul. It does more harm to those that hold it than to those whom it is held against.”
“If one can't be happy, one must be amused.”
Source: Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford
“If one can't give what they have and share then they will always be empty”
“If one candidate is appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you’d better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope!”
“If one cannot accept failure and scorn, how is he to make his art? It's like wanting to go to heaven without dying.”
“If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance”
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
Source: Essays
“If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?”
Source: Literature and Revolution
“If one cannot imagine Obama saying such a thing — well, he didn't.”
“If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.”
“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”
Source: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
“If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.”
“If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.”
“If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.”