I Quotes
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“If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.”
“If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.”
“If we fancy some strong emotion, and then try to abstract from our consciousness of it all the feelings of its characteristic bodily symptoms, we find we have nothing left behind, no "mind-stuff" out of which the emotion can be constituted, and that a cold and neutral state of intellectual perception is all that remain…What kind of an emotion of fear would be left, if the feelings neither of quickened heart-beats nor of shallow breathing, neither of trembling lips nor of weakened limbs, neither of goose- flesh nor of visceral stirrings, were present, it is quite impossible to think. Can one fancy the state of rage and picture no ebullition of it in the chest, no flushing of the face, no dilatation of the nostrils, no clenching of the teeth, no impulse to vigorous action, but in their stead limp muscles, calm breathing, and a placid face? The present writer, one, certainly cannot...In
like manner of grief: what would it be without its tears, its sobs, its suffocation of the heart, its pang in the breast-bone? A feelingless cognition that certain circumstances are deplorable, and nothing more.”
Source: What is an Emotion?: The Physiology of Emotion
“If we fancy some strong emotion, and then
try to abstract from our consciousness of it all the feelings of its characteristic bodily symptoms, we find we have nothing left behind, no "mind-stuff" out of which the emotion can be constituted, and that a cold and neutral state of intellectual perception is all that remain...What kind of an emotion of fear would be left, if theneither of quickened heart-beats nor of shallow breathing, neither of trembling lips nor of weakened limbs, neither of goose-flesh nor of visceral stirrings, were present, it is quite impossible to think. Can one fancy the state of rage and picture no ebullition of it in the chest, no flushing of the face, no dilatation of the nostrils, no clenching of the teeth, no impulse to vigorous action, but in their stead limp muscles, calm breathing, and a placid face? The present writer, one, certainly cannot.”
Source: What is an Emotion?: The Physiology of Emotion
“If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.”
Source: Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition
“If we fear nothing and radiate love, we can expect good things to come.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“If we fear people who can shadow us, we will stay with those who do not give off any light.”
“If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.”
“If we fear to open our eyes during the day time, we will complain that life has nothing to offer except darkness.”
“If we {Federalists] must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures. Under
Adams
as under Jefferson, the government shall sink. The party in the hands of whose chief it shall sink will sink with it—and the advantage will be all on the side of his adversaries.”
Source: The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton
“If we feel affected by the dreariness of the mad scramble, we have to stand back, take a break and override the droning humdrum of the treadmill; and let the exaltation of the day decide; and follow inspiring pathways to the true heartbeat of our life. ("Mutatis mutandi")”
“If we feel dead inside, it’s likely because we’ve been on a killing rampage most of our lives. But we must remember that God is on a resurrection rampage as well, and He’s bent on taking that rampage right to the center of everything inside of us that we killed.”
“If we feel good, we can keep going in the direction of the reality we’re creating. If we don’t feel good, we may reflect upon our beliefs and change them according to the reality we do wish to create.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“If we feel incarcerated in the trenches of viral wars, let us not give way to a defensive ‘fear’ reflex or offensive ‘rage’ reflex but let us follow our orienting ‘adventure’ reflex and explore the numerous paths to a new reality. ("Corporeal prison")”
“If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.”
“If we feel like deers in headlights, let us tread lightly, back up for some time, and rebound later while building on our desire to empower our backbone and guts, restore our identity and kindle our fury of living. ("Resilience")”
“If we feel like someone else is pulling our energy down instead of lifting us up, this usually means we need to allow more space—space in which that new just-right friend will soon appear.”
“If we feel our way into the human secrets of the sick person, the madness also reveals its system, and we recognize in the mental illness merely an exceptional reaction to emotional problems which are not strange to us. --"The Content of the Psychoses”
Source: Liber Novus
“If we feel ourselves everywhere as in Home, we have a Rich Life.”
“If we feel secure In the depths of our heart, We shall not challenge anybody, For inner confidence Is nothing short of Complete satisfaction.”
Source: The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace
“If we feel that any habit or pursuit, harmless in itself, is keeping us from God and sinking us deeper in the things of earth; if we find that things which others can do with impunity are for us the occasion of falling, then abstinence is our only course. Abstinence alone can recover for us the real value of what should have been for our help but which has been an occasion of falling. ... It is necessary that we should steadily resolve to give up anything that comes between ourselves and God.”
“If we feel that our identity is wearing away in quiet, daily betrayals, we must recognize that, in the end, nothing remains but a shell. We realize, then, we have sacrificed our integrity. ("He did not know that she knew" )”
“If we feel that our ministry has come to an end in one place, then it seems reasonable to move on.”
“If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men.”
Source: William Morris: Morris as a socialist. William Morris as I knew him, by Bernard Shaw
“If we feel uncomfortable with the harrowing ugliness in the world and the infuriating violence in our environs, we must not wait to speak out loud, louder, and louder until the hot-air balloon of indifference and intolerance finally blast into pieces. (“Not without the past”)”
“If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.”
“If we feel we are missing out sometimes, it may be because we simply forget to consult the past or neglect to think up its ties with the presence. ("Walking down the memory lane" )”
“If we feel we cannot strike the right notes anymore and are not capable of forging ahead through the enticing pastures of our dreams, we must wisely put the treadmill on hold. So, let’s tame the inflated demands of greed for a while and look at our deeper self with compassion.("The empty Mirror")”
“If we feel we do not focus enough on our actual needs, we like to know the traps of our fake priorities and find out how to identify and avoid them. By stopping trendy causes and averting shiny object syndrome, we eschew misallocation of time and energy. If we take responsibility for our actions, we can avoid creating a culture of blame-shifting or missing out on valuable chances for better insight. (“Step on the gas”)”
“If we fictionalize the story of Christmas as some fanciful tale spun in the backwaters of history and people long removed, in that action we have succumb to the debilitating belief that the only viable idea of rescue is fiction. And I can think of few things that are sadder than that.”
“If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it.”
“If we fight only to live, we will forget why we lived at all.”
Source: The Sword and the Hearth
“If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld.”
“If we fight, we fight to the end. Whatever end that might be Whoever's blood needs to spill to win it.”
Source: The Serpent and the Wings of Night
“If we fight with love, we will have no chance to lose.”
“If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.”
“If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.”
“If we find ourselves in a moral quandary, we should seek more knowledge, more facts, more evidence and more truth, which will lead us on in its inevitable way to more wisdom.”
Source: The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis
“If we find ourselves in unfamiliar circumstance, what do we do? We ought to keep calm and pray.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social happiness, let us ever remember our dependence for all these on the protection and merciful dispensations of Divine Providence.”
Source: William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids
“If we find ourselves missing the art of living, we must suffer from a lack of fulfillment, joy, and meaning in life. By opening the closets of our minds, igniting the wicks of our curiosity, and unlocking the abandoned doors to our dormant passion, we revive an inspired and creative way of life. ("Waiting for Eureka")”
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
“If we find that the seminal, genre-creating artworks of yesteryear would be illegal under the law and culture of today, we have to ask ourselves “is this really what we want?”
Source: The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
“If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason. For then we would know the mind of God.”
“If we finished our work, the teacher would say, 'Now don't read ahead.' But sometimes I hid the book I was reading behind my geography book and did read ahead. You can hide a lot behind a geography book.”
“If we firmly decide to make our own choices that define our existence and admit withstanding “bad faith” and self-deception, we need not be afraid of jeopardizing our existential freedom and authentic being. ("Drunken sailor")”
“If we first purify our souls, we desire to dwell in clean surroundings.”
“If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.”
“If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.”
“If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.”