I Quotes
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“If the creation is a joke told by God, human thoughts are like explanation of that joke. Explanation ruins the whole joke.”
“If the creation is separated from the Creator, it dies.”
“If the creation is separated from the creator, the creation will die”
“If the creation of the world needed to be perfect (absolutely perfect), then why create (design) to arrive at the same point of the Absolute, which would be pure idleness, an idle walk from one perfection to another or from nothing to another nothing? If the purpose of creating is not only in creating but more in existing, and not only in existing per se but in meaningful and purposeful existing, then this creating or creation must first and foremost accommodate its purpose rather than perfection itself. Its perfection must be valued and measured by and through its purpose and meaning rather than by pure perfection. Measure through purpose makes us see the deeper importance and meaning in the lack of ordinary perfection. Perfection and absolute goodness (benevolence) are not necessarily as we see them and would like to see them. When we measure ideals through purpose, the idea, function, and manifestation of perfection and purpose become more pronounced, although subtly.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.”
“If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out.”
“If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to it.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“If the Creator were to bestow a new set of senses upon us, or slightly remodel the present ones, leaving all the rest of nature unchanged, we should never doubt we were in another world, and so in strict reality we should be, just as if all the world besides our senses were changed.”
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest, demands that man should refrain from torturing them for the mere possibility of obtaining some knowledge which he believes may be to his own interest.”
“If the creek predates the city deep in time, then is it right to identify the creek solely with the city? The city has forgotten the creek, as it's forgotten those who walk its side, but the creek didn't need to be known all that long time before the city ever was. Maybe now Hogan's Creek is too steeped in history to claim an independence grounded in prehistory, because the city has too deeply poisoned it for far too long. Then again, there was all that time the creek flowed and had no name. Without a name you belong solely to yourself.”
“If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, surely man passes like a shadow and troubles himself in vain.”
“If the crises demonstrate the incapacity of the bourgeoisie for managing any longer modern productive forces, the transformation of the great establishments for production and distribution into joint-stock companies, trusts, and State property, show how unnecessary the bourgeoisie are for that purpose. All the social functions of the capitalist has no further social function than that of pocketing dividends, tearing off coupons, and gambling on the Stock Exchange, where the different capitalists despoil one another of their capital. At first, the capitalistic mode of production forces out the workers. Now, it forces out the capitalists, and reduces them, just as it reduced the workers, to the ranks of the surplus-population, although not immediately into those of the industrial reserve army.”
“If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.”
“If the critics in general society only knew just how much women endure, tolerate, withstand, withhold, juggle, wish for, forgive, ignore, mask, understand and accept while wearing the heavy armor of strength, good nature, and courage, words such as weak, incapable and powerless would be stricken from any dialogue in which their qualities are being measured. lizfaublas.com”
“If the critics were always right we should be in deep trouble.”
Source: Robert Morley: 'responsible gentleman'
“If the crop of any one year was all, a man would have to cut his throat every time it hailed.”
Source: New Collected Poems
“If the cross does provide us with a true picture of what God is like, it follows that God is a redeeming presence in all creaturely experiences of suffering. All innocent suffering will be transformed.”
Source: Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics
“If the cross is a personal act of violence perpetrated by God towards humankind but borne by his Son, then it makes a mockery of Jesus' own teaching to love your enemies and to refuse to repay evil with evil.”
“If the cross of Christ is preached, people should be converted to Christianity.”
“If the cross of Christ, the nails, spear, and crown of thorns are to be honoured, then why not honour Judas's lips, if only they could be found?”
Source: The Premature Reformation: Wycliffite Texts and Lollard History
“If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil has been absorbed and forgiven. If the worst thing any human can do is kill God's son, and that can be forgiven, then how can anything else not be forgiven?”
Source: Hope has its reasons: surprised by faith in a broken world
“If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.”
“If the crowd disperses, goes home, does not reassemble, we say the revolution is over.”
“If the crowd is full of assholes, it's no fun. If the crowd is cool, it's great.”
“If the crowd is too big, it's too much for me. I took my daughter down there, and all I did was spend all of my time worrying that she was going to get lost because you're caught between somebody with a sandwich in their hand and somebody in a costume. It's really crazy.”
“If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading I would spurn them all.”
“If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.”
“If the Cubs were to win (The World Series) it would be a coronary event for me.”
“If the Cubs win the World Series, the playing of the sport must be discontinued. The leagues disbanded, the players sent home, the stadiums destroyed. Professional baseball really began with the team that became the Cubs. Early in the twentieth century, that team won and won and won and then, for whatever reason, stopped winning. They set of on a 108-year trek through the wilderness, plumbed the depths of defeat, then somehow found their way back. 2016 was 1908 all over again. The historic arc of the game could finally be recognized. It's a story that begins and ends in Chicago. If they won Game 7, that story would reach its obvious conclusion. Disband and go home. Anything beyond this point is postscript.”
Source: The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
“If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.”
“If the culprits are Muslim, they have twisted the teachings of Islam. Whoever performed, or is behind, the terrorist attacks in the United States of America does not represent Islam. God is not behind assassins.”
Source: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe”
“If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.”
“If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?”
“If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.”
“If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going to have to make - and no little gimmicks are going to do it for you.”
“If the currency is anything other than time and consistency, trust will never be earned.”
“If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?”
“If the current is right, one can drift to success.”
“If the current trend continue few percentage will be bible-believing”
“If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it is doomed to failure.”
Source: Multiplication Is for White People
“If the curtain is indeed about to drop on Sapiens history, we members of one of its final generations should devote some time to answering one last question: what do we want to become? This question, sometimes known as the Human Enhancement question, dwarfs the debates that currently preoccupy politicians, philosophers, scholars and ordinary people. After all, today’s debate between today’s religions, ideologies, nations and classes will in all likelihood disappear along with Homo sapiens. If our successors indeed function on a different level of consciousness (or perhaps possess something beyond consciousness that we cannot even conceive), it seems doubtful that Christianity or Islam will be of interest to them, that their social organisation could be Communist or capitalist, or that their genders could be male or female.”
Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.”
“If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.”
“If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.”
“If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.”
“If the danger will come from anywhere, then your eyes must look everywhere!”
“If the dark side wants you, it will come to you regardless of what you try to do to avoid it”
Source: Hello Again
“If the data do not prove that indexing wins, well, the data are wrong.”
Source: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
“If the data reveals that your customers are unhappy with your product, then not making a decision to improve your product is a waste of your resources and time spent on learning this.”
Source: Market Research Like a Pro