I Quotes
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“If one has not heard Wagner at Bayreuth, one has heard nothing! Take lots of handkerchiefs because you will cry a great deal! Also take a sedative because you will be exalted to the point of delirium!”
“If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.”
Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)
“If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.”
Source: Old Wine: A Novel
“If one has really technically penetrated a subject, things that previously seemed in complete contrast, might be purely mathematical transformations of each other.”
Source: The Neumann Compendium
“If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.”
Source: The Shape of Content
“If one has such an encounter it is to be expected it will bring him into conflict, especially conflict with himself, because one sometimes literally does not know what to do or what not to do. But is this struggle and even the mistakes one may make, not better, and do they not develop us more than if we keep systematically away from emotions?”
“If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.”
“If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because they contain precisely those truths of which our own age is neglectful.”
“If one has to conform to a certain taste, he/she might lose his/her own individuality and imagination. But if you don't really care about winning competitions and think of them as chances to learn from the experience, they would become good ways to learn about others and yourself. Competitions are also stages where one becomes known to the public.”
“If one has to earn a living, therefore, the safest occupation is that most remote from the arts.”
Source: Letters of T. S. Eliot: 1898-1922
“If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.”
Source: Closing the Ring
“If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.”
“If one holds back from life’s joys for fear of their ending, one will miss out on the best parts of life.”
Source: Together
“If one holds power, one can withstand or buffer misrepresentation at a group level and often at the individual level. Marginalized and oppressed people are linked to the status of their group and are less likely to be afforded individual status and insulation...”
“If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.”
Source: Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words
“If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.”
“If one hour's work is enough to govern France, four minutes is all that is needed for Italy. There is no nation more easily frightened; even its poetic imagination predisposes it to fear, and they look upon power as on an image that fills them with terror.”
“If one idea does not work, try another one. You will eventually succeed when you proceed with the right one. Do not be afraid to experiment and have fun. You will learn with time.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“If one imagines unlovely things for another, they are going to produce them - not in the other, but in themselves.”
“If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.”
“If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at one in fifty (the 2 per cent. point), or one in a hundred (the 1 per cent. point). Personally, the writer prefers to set a low standard of significance at the 5 per cent. point, and ignore entirely all results which fail to reach this level. A scientific fact should be regarded as experimentally established only if a properly designed experiment rarely fails to give this level of significance.”
“If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires a privilege and at the cost of the whole community; it can make sure of profits not altogether due to the productive services rendered, but composed in part of an actual tax upon consumers for its private profit' which tax it commonly shares with the authority that thus unjustly lent its support.”
Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
“If one insists on calling all unsuccessful efforts failures the meaning of failure is really quite benign. When trying anything new or taking on any challenge, unsuccessful efforts are an essential aspect of skill building.”
“If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.”
“If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.”
“If one introspects and says with humility of heart: "I do not yet know the truth, but I have to find it" , then in time this humility may be rewarded and one may achieve one's ascent. If this happens, the persons attention comes into the center, neither on the left, nor on the right. That is, neither dominated by his conditionings from the past nor the orientations of his ambitious ego. Such a balanced person is very well suited for Self Realization, by which he will know the truth in its absolute form.”
“If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”
Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology
“If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.”
“If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.”
Source: Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.
“If one is constantly challenged, one grows. If one becomes complacent, one stultifies.”
“If one is content to freely speak trash about another, it is probably more correct to judge them as the one of ill repute and refuse the load of garbage they offer you.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.”
“If one is destined to go wrong, he will not believe the truth but will believe something else altogether.”
“If one is determined to die for the truth, even a common man can create history.”
“If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of futility foster vulnerability. Self-pity is such a busy stagehand, rearranging the scenery to help sin make its entrance. No wonder the prophets say that without faith in the Lord, there is no hope.”
“If one is enlightened, one does not perceive life with North, South, East and West. There is no California, there is no New York. In a higher bonding state of attention, everything is fluid light.”
“If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.”
Source: Wisdom from Gift from the Sea
“If one is experiencing poverty, practice ordinary and extreme generosity - this is the antidote.”
“If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?”
Source: The First Circle
“If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.”
“If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes.”
“If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.”
“If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.”
“If one is going to offer children stories that underneath the story must be something that will inform, stimulate and guide, I love to be on board. I think anything that resonates with history, as does The Jungle Book and Watership Down, reflects patterns of behavior, power struggles, deprivation, migration, survival, joy, love, betrayal, and all of these things. It's tragic that children are encouraged to ignore history. We ignore history and any literature that is historically based in history. Even though both of those films involved animals, of course they reflect human behavior.”
“If one is going to spend her afternoon singing hymns to the great porcelain goddess, she might as well do it in a really plush ladies room. Stupid fear of public speaking.”
Source: My Bluegrass Baby
“If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“If one is honest there is no need to remember.”
“If one is intelligent and applies himself well, what can he not accomplish? Even small bands of people, I have heard, have defeated whole armies.”
“If one is interested in spiritual seeing, takes pleasure from reading or hearing uplifting and truthful spiritual ideas, and desires peace, love, and happiness, then one is bound to find it. The very desire is proof that one is already on a clear spiritual path that can ultimately go nowhere else but to the Divine. With sincerity and wisdom, it can be all the more direct.”
Source: The Love of Devotion