I Quotes
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“If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room.”
“If you listen to someone talking to themselves, what they are saying is basically the same as what people are always saying to themselves in their own minds. The difference is generally not in the content, but that they are saying it aloud. The line between talking silently to oneself and talking those same thoughts out loud, unchecked and unawares, is the demarcation of sanity. If one wants to venture into extra-sensory experiences of life then one should have a very firm grip of that line. Otherwise, the fine line of sanity will be transgressed and the person may have a hard time retrieving it which explains why many spiritual groups are full of loonies.”
Source: Purnima
“If you listen to soul music, or R&B music, or Blues music, a lot of that came from church music and spiritual music, and music has always been a really really powerful tool that people have used to get them closer to God - whatever they define God as. And for me that's always been part of what drew me to it and keeps me coming back for more.”
“If you listen to the beginning of the whispers you will not have to hear the shouts.”
Source: A Woman's Truth: A Life Truly Worth Living
“If you listen to the Catholic bishops you would think that Catholics are against contraception and legal abortion, but if you ask actual Catholics, you discover that more than 90% of Catholic women use contraception and Catholic women seem to need and choose legal abortion at about the same rate as everybody else. The problem is that the backlash occupies positions of power, not that it represents the majority of people.”
“If you listen to the debate, [Barack Obama] and [John] McCain said the same thing about gay rights.”
“If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.”
“If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance.”
“If you listen to the neverdo's, it's never done.”
“If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had growth; people need to know that. They need to be more upbeat, more positive.”
“If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the Chinese or the Muslims. The reality is that we have caused our own problems. Whatever has happened has been caused by isolating ourselves or blaming others.”
“If you listen to the real in you, that part that's pulsing and has questions and is trying to figure something out, it will shape your life in a way where, when you get to be sixty, you'll succeed. You'll be happy about your life.”
“If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that there's nothing else [like guns] in our lives that we purchase where we don't try to make it a little safer if we can.”
“If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they reach a huge audience. And they're very uniform. So right wing, I don't think you can even find an analog in your, but they reach a mass audience, and their view is that the corporations are liberal. Their appeal to the population is, "the country is run by liberals, they own the corporations, they run the government, they own the media, and they don't care about us ordinary people."”
“If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.”
Source: Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn
“If you listen to the urban speech patterns there you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase.”
“If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.”
“If you listen to the wind very carefully, you'll be able to hear me whisper my love for you.”
Source: The Gargoyle
“If you listen to two people who are arguing about something, and they each of them have passionate faith that they're right, but they believe different things---they belong to different religions, different faiths, there is nothing they can do to settle their disagreement short of shooting each other, which is what they very often actually do.”
“If you listen to what's on the pop charts, everything is machine oriented.”
“If you listen to yo momma
You won't ever have no fun.”
“If you listen to your brain, you will live your entire life as an animal; if you listen to your heart, you will live your entire life as a human; if you listen to your brain and heart, you will live your entire life as God”
“If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.”
“If you listen to your own voice, unknown friends will come and seek you.”
“If you listen to your people they'll tell you what's important.”
“If you listen to your soul, and discover to its deeper level, then I am sure it will teach you to believe in your infinite potential.”
“If you listen to your soul and discover your life's purpose, success or failure actually ceases to matter. For then the journey itself becomes a thing of joy and the destination is immaterial.”
Source: Immortal India: Articles and Speeches by Amish
“If you listen to your soul you will know what is "best" for you, because what is best for you is what is true for you.”
“if you listen too hard to the technology, your ear goes deaf to its implications.”
Source: Mysteries of Motion: A Novel
“If you listen too much to advice, you may wind up making other people's mistakes.”
“If you listen too much to doubts you're totally lost.”
“If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.”
Source: Ender's Shadow
“If you listen, you can hear it. The city, it sings. If you stand quietly, at the foot of a garden, in the middle of the street, on the roof of a house. It's clearest at night, when the sound cuts more sharply across the surface of things, when the song reaches out to a place inside you. It's a wordless song, for the most, but it's a song all the same, and nobody hearing it could doubt what it sings. And the song sings the loudest when you pick out each note.”
Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.”
“If you listened to wisdom and fear, nothing would get done.”
Source: Utan personligt ansvar
“if you live a happy full life and spread love and kindness wherever you go, the naysayers will get drowned out by your light.”
Source: Walk Your Path: A Magical Awakening
“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.”
“If you live a life that honours God, you will have a peace of mind because God Almighty will take care of everything for you and you will see that he has done it for you…Sacred Healing…For Anointed Readers”
Source: O God, My Father: "Not By Might, Nor Power, But by My spirit" Says the Lord Almighty. Zech 4:6
“If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.”
“If you live alone on an island and still wear beautiful and stylish clothes, it is certain that you are not doing it to attract the attention and praise of others!”
“If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!”
“If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.”
“If you live as if you know nothing you offer yourself the opportunity to learn everything.”
Source: Out Loud: A collection of spoken word poetry
“If you live below your means, you can turn down stuff all the time.”
“If you live beyond your means and have to restructure as a result, you pay a price.”
“If you live by the same values and priorities [Jesus] had, you will find evangelism happening naturally. It becomes a life-style and not a project.”
“If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains”
Source: Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth
“If you live consciously, if you try to bring consciousness to every act that you go through, you will be living in a silent, blissful state, in serenity, in joy, in love. Your life will have the flavour of a festival. That is the meaning of heaven: your life will have many flowers in it, much fragrance will be released through you. You will have an aura of delight. Your life will be a song of life-affirmation, it will be a sacred yes to all that existence is. You will be in communion with existence — in communion with stars, with the trees, with the rivers, with the mountains, with people, with animals. This whole life and this whole existence will have a totally different meaning for you. From every nook and corner, rivers of bliss will be flowing towards you. Heaven is just a name for that state of mind. Hell means you are living so unconsciously, so absurdly, in such contradiction, that you go on creating more and more misery for yourself.”
“If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.”
“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you'll be right.”
Source: I, Steve