I Quotes
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“If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.”
“If ordinary people really knew that consciousness and not matter is the link that connects us with each other and the world, then their views about war and peace, environmental pollution, social justice, religous values, and all other human endeavors would change radically.”
Source: The Self-Aware Universe
“If organizations are focused on a purpose, something that will make the world a better place and leave a big impact, people can rally behind that mission. If a company is only about making money, it's hard to unleash passion. If there's a big WHY that the company is working to solve, passion will flow like the amazon.”
“If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.”
“If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African.”
“If origin defines race, then we are all Africans.”
Source: We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
“If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.”
Source: We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
“If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“If Osama Bin Laden and 19 Arab hijackers truly brought down the World Trade Center, why was a network of Israeli intelligence agents engaged in a concerted effort to destroy the evidence?”
Source: Solving 9-11: The Deception That Changed the World
“If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we will be at a disadvantage...we would look at considering perhaps duties that would offset that cost.”
“If other cows with mad cow disease were slaughtered, we wouldn't know where to begin looking for people who might have been affected, .. With a comprehensive tracking system, we would.”
“If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.”
“If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God's love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don't feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.”
Source: Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
“If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being "asocial" or "irrational" in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them. How many lives have been ruined by this need to "explain," which usually implies that the explanation be "understood," i.e. approved. Let your deeds be judged, and from your deeds, your real intentions, but know that a free person owes an explanation only to himself—to his reason and his conscience—and to the few who may have a justified claim for explanation.”
Source: The art of being
“If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being 'asocial' or 'irrational' in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them.”
Source: The art of being
“If other people often disappoint us and cause us to be irritated or angry, it does not mean that others are bad, but that we expect too much from the, because our love is only human.
Mary, as Mother of love, wants to educate us for Christ's Christian, unconditional, strong, tireless love. She is an example”
Source: In the School of Love
“If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.”
“If other people see you differently, you’ll end up seeing them differently, too.”
Source: Every Day
“If other people think I’m okay looking, that’s great, but I don’t see it myself. When I look in the mirror all I see is a bunch of fake teeth and football scars.”
“If other people want to talk about my future I can't control that.”
“If other planets dark as earth
About dim trembling stars
Carry frail freight of death and birth,
Wild love, and endless wars;
If from far, unseen motes in flight
Life look down questioning
This helpless passage through the night
Is a less lonely thing:”
Source: You Who Have Dreams
“If other seasons were to be rooms of a mansion, summer would surely be the party hall.”
“If other things must be destroyed in order for fire to exist, that's all right with fire. As far as fire is concerned, that's what those things are there for in the first place.”
“If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.”
“If others can, you can; If no one can then you must!”
“If others do not respond to your love with love, look into your own benevolence; if others fail to respond to your attempts to govern them with order, look into your own respect. In other words, look into yourself whenever you fail to achieve your purpose. When you are correct in your person, the Empire will turn to you.”
Source: Mencius
“If others don't use their gifts, you get cheated, and if you don;t use your gifts, they get cheated.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life Devotional for Kids
“If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself.”
Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)
“If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.”
“If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity.”
Source: Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“If others qualify, it's a great going; if an auditor qualifies, it's not.”
Source: Debit Credit of Life: from the good books of accounts
“If others surpass you in knowledge, in charm, in strength, in fortune, you have other causes to blame for it; but if you yield tothem in stoutness of heart you have only yourself to blame.”
“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”
“If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.”
“If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar
results.”
“If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.”
“If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.”
Source: Wisdom from It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“If our African ancestors failed in one thing, it was relying too heavily on the spoken word. Legacy lives in writing, not in pride of ellogance words.”
“If our age in its pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady's Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age and of every condition have not only held it most dear and have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon to overcome the devil, to preserve the purity of their lives, to acquire virtue more zealously, in a word, to promote peace among men.”
“If our ahimsa is not of the brave but of the weak, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“If our airforces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.”
“If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.”
“If our ancestors could see us today, surely they would think us gods.”
Source: The Lost Symbol
“If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.”
“if our attention is what we're going to do next to accomplish a specific goal (often decrease a symptom) rather than openness to what the other person is bringing to the moment, we have stepped into our left hemispheres and out of relationship- and our patient will feel that as a kind of subtle abandonment. This interchange will likely happen below the level of conscious awareness and yet lead our person to step back a bit internally, awaiting the arrival of true presence, without agenda or judgement, so that safety can arise in the space in between. At that moment, the healing power inherent in this co-organizing/co-regulating relationship arrives. We have been returning to this crucial distinction in these pages, as much as possible with ongoing compassion for the challenge we experience as we open to the right remaining consistently in the lead.”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than that of the artist.”
“If our beliefs don't evolve and shift and grow during our lives then I have to wonder if we are actually paying attention.”
“If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma , are sometimes consoling.”
Source: Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
“If our bodies are our temples, then we need to make sure our foundation is level.”