I Quotes
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“If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.”
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“If we could see ourselves... as we really are, we should see ourselves in a world of spiritual natures, our community which neither began at birth nor will end with the death of the body.”
“If we could see that everything, even tragedy, is a gift in diguise, we would then find the best way to nourish the soul.”
“If we could see the fullness of our tomorrows, how many of us would take desperate action to change the future? What if our far seeing showed us the loss of our homes, our families, our very lives, and to save it all we would need only to barter away our most precious souls. Who among us would give up what we cannot see for what we can hold in our hands? I believe many of us would peel ourselves away from our immortal selves as easily as the skin from a boiled plum if it meant we could remain on the earth for a while, our bellies full and our beds warm and safe at night.”
Source: The Heretic's Daughter
“If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.”
“If we could see, even for a split second, the depths of God's love for us - all we'd want to do is worship and prayer would never seem a chore.”
“If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase so we could pretty much play anywhere, people would show up and rock out”
“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.”
“If we could share this world below, If we could learn to love... If we could share this world below, We'd need no world above.”
“If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”
“If we could simply live in the light of our bodies being temples of the Holy Spirit, our daily life would be transformed.”
“If we could solve the problem of who we are and where we are going, that it would have a huge impact on the culture and waterfall in on some of the more practical and social issues.”
“If we could spend time counting our blessings, one by one, rather than obsessing on our obstacles, we would realize how blessed we are, truly.”
“If we could stop gossiping and learn not to be offended, we could change the world in about 48 hours.”
Source: Relactional Leadership: When Relationships Collide with Transactions
“If we could stop thinking of 'meaning' and 'purpose' as artifacts of some divine creative act and see them instead as the yield of our own creative future, they become goals, intentions and processes very much in reach rather than the shadows of childlike, superstitious mythology.”
“If we could stop wasting food, imagine how many more people we could feed!”
“If we could sufficiently understand the order of the universe, we should find that it exceeds all the desires of the wisest men, and that it is impossible to make it better than it is, not only as a whole and in general but also for ourselves in particular, if we are attached, as we ought to be, to the Author of all, not only as to the architect and efficient cause of our being, but as to our master and to the final cause, which ought to be the whole aim of our will, and which can alone make our happiness.”
“If we could summarize all, or almost all, of the New Testament letters, we would not be too far off the mark to say the theme is: “Grow up!” Just grow up.”
Source: The Journey: Spiritual Growth in Galatians and Philippians
“If we could suppose a great multitude of men to consent to the observation of justice, and other laws of Nature, without a common Power to keep them all in awe; we might as well suppose all mankind to do the same; and then there neither would be nor need to be any civil government or commonwealth at all, because there would be Peace without subjection.”
Source: Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
“If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.”
“If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.”
“If we could sweep intemperance out of the country, there would be hardly poverty enough left to”
“If we could switch off the aging gene we would. There's no technology that we've had that we haven't used. We are in the capital of staying young forever.”
“If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree.”
“If we could tell a film, then why make a film?”
“If we could throw away the hate and make love last another day, don't give up just for today, life would be so simple”
“If we could travel into the past, it's mind-boggling what would be possible. For one thing, history would become an experimental science, which it certainly isn't today. The possible insights into our own past and nature and origins would be dazzling. For another, we would be facing the deep paradoxes of interfering with the scheme of causality that has led to our own time and ourselves. I have no idea whether it's possible, but it's certainly worth exploring.”
“If we could treat every natural resource as a gift rather than a commodity, we would be on the path to sustainability. The difference is that a gift does not belong to us but to the universe. It comes into our lives from a source that is unknown and ultimately unknowable; eventually , it returns to its source.”
Source: The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun & Celebration
“If we could turn around and stand back, then we would see the whole complete pattern. And therefore what we have to do in this lifetime is to perfect this pattern, so that it will continue a most beautiful pattern next time and next time and next time and next time because we vowed until samsara is empty! Now, that's going to be a long time, so you'd better get prepared for the long haul, and the best way to do that is to really prepare yourself as much as possible in this lifetime, and not waste your opportunities so that we can genuinely benefit beings, endlessly, endlessly, endlessly.”
“If we could understand and love the infinity of agonies which languish around us, all the lives which are hidden deaths, we should require as many hearts as there are suffering beings.”
Source: A short history of decay
“If we could understand how impossible our situation is, we would grow in reverence for the kingship of Christ.”
“If we could understand the full significance of a woman's hat we could prophesy her clothes for the next year, the interior decoration of the next two years, the architecture of the next ten years, and we would have a fairly accurate notion of the pressures, political, economic and religious that go to make the shape of an age.”
“If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.”
“If we could visit Highsmith today, I would lead you down the silent corridors until we came to a striking seal on the floor, a blood-red H carved in stone. This hallowed seal represents the sacred Honor of every student who spends four years at Highsmith.
The stone seal is indelible, consecrated by the generations of alumnae who have passed by, understanding and believing. No outsider, no matter how cunning, can ever steal that belief away.”
“If we could wake each morning with no memory of living before we went to sleep, we might arrive at a faultless day.”
Source: The Dark is Light Enough: A Winter Comedy
“If we could, and we must, establish a deep long abiding relationship with nature, with the actual trees, the bushes, the flowers, the grass and the fast moving clouds, then we would never slaughter another human being for any reason whatsoever.”
“If we couldn't carry our dead inside us, we would be empty.”
“If we couldn't dream, our lives wouldn't mean anything anymore.”
“If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.”
“If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.”
“If we couldn't laugh, we would all going to go insane.”
“If we courageously and truthfully start inquiry into the belief data of our mind, we come to understand that not even one belief is completely true about ourselves or about anyone outside us. When we understand this, the world then becomes a kinder place. We come to understand that we were at war with the ways of the world, and we believed that the world was a crazy place. Yet the truth becomes clear that the world was not crazy; we became crazy by holding on to our beliefs about the world.”
Source: Twelve Steps to Inner Peace
“If we cover a court case involving a murderer, we would still seek out the side of that murderer, even as we realize that what people say is going to be self-serving.”
“If we crash and burn, there’s a good chance that we were driving a car that we shouldn’t have been in, on a road that we shouldn’t have been on.”
“If we create a generation of men who aren't getting an education, that's bad for women.”
“If we create an environment where someone is hurt, then it will create Conflict (affliction) within us.”
Source: Life Without Conflict
“If we create kindness in ourselves and spread it everywhere, then I'm sure we are going to get the most valuable thing - Love”
“If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a song for death, a song for yellow teeth and bad breath”
“if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.”
Source: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
“If we cultivate the land to grow enough crops, humanity will not go hungry.”