O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Only when a child’s authenticity is threatened do they develop unhealthy behaviors, distorted reality perceptions, and emotional difficulties. When you force a child to do what they don’t want to do, feel what they don’t feel, and think what they don’t think, their authentic self becomes damaged.”
Source: Human Development and Trauma: How Childhood Shapes Us into Who We Are as Adults
“Only when a disputed point has long caused bloodshed and disturbance, or when a successful invader (military or theological) insists on a change, is it necessary to draw up a code.”
Source: A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919
“Only when a lie begins to engulf you in its raptures, it teaches you the most significant lesson.”
“Only when a man dies to sin, can he be alive in the spirit.”
“Only when a man sees this universe as God does the veil fall from his eyes; then that man, purified and cleansed, finds his whole vision changed.”
Source: Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God
“Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
“Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.”
Source: Mark Twain's Fables of Man
“Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man.”
“Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done.”
“Only when a woman shares male risks can she really begin to understand men.”
“Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become merely conditions of one's past, only then can one live in the present fully.”
“Only when all images of Earth are hushed and the clamor of the senses be stilled, and the soul has passed beyond thought of self, can the eternal wisdom be revealed to the mystic who seeks that highest communion with the unseen.”
“Only when all your desires disappear does that energy become compassion, KARUNA. You cannot cultivate compassion. When you are desireless, compassion happens; your whole energy moves into compassion. And this movement is very different. Desire has a motivation in it, a goal; compassion is nonmotivated, there is no goal to it, it is simply overflowing energy.”
“Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.”
“Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.”
“Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.”
“Only when compassion is present will people allow themselves to see the truth.”
“Only when creation stops can we find the Absolute. The Absolute is in the soul, not in creation. So by stopping creation, we come to know the Absolute.”
Source: Complete Works
“Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.”
“Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite's thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God.”
Source: Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
“Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.”
“Only when firmly grounded in a strong real self can we live and share our lives with others in ways that are healthy, straightforward expressions of our deepest needs and desires, and in so doing find fulfillment and meaning.”
Source: The Search For The Real Self: Unmasking The Personality Disorders Of Our Age
“Only when Genius is married to Science can the highest results be produced.”
“Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.”
Source: The collapse of globalism: and the reinvention of the world
“Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist.”
Source: In Search of Identity: An Autobiography
“Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made it part of the public domain of scholarship can he truly lay claim to it as his own. For his claim resides only in the recognition accorded by peers in the social system of science through reference to his work.”
“Only when he is engulfed by suffering does man choose to rise higher. Suffering is indispensable for wisdom; Man adamantly refuses to learn the easy way.”
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.”
“Only when he produced two glass bowls did I understand that the metal casket was a sorbetiere. Inside was a chocolate ice as rich in color as mahogany. I tasted it, rolling it around in my mouth. The coldness numbed my tongue and then the flavor burst out, rich and satisfying, as if the thickest pot of well-milled chocolate were made of snow.”
Source: An Appetite for Violets
“Only when he voluntarily chooses that which he inexorably must do, has man any free will at all.”
“Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.”
“Only when however we are becomes good enough
Do we ever become really free
To be our best...”
“Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.”
“Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.”
Source: Anarchy and the Sex Question: Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896–1926
“Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think.”
“Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.”
Source: Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From His Writings, Speeches and Interviews
“Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.”
“Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.”
“Only when I fall do I get up again.”
Source: Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885
“Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.”
Source: A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
“Only when I follow my love for my objective is it I myself who act.”
Source: The Philosophy of Freedom
“Only when I grew, did I understand what that strength was: the willpower, that ardent force only human souls can possess – the power to continue on one’s path no matter the mistakes and obstacles, and never give up on one’s true essence.”
Source: Galaxy Pirates
“Only when I make movements away from the tribe of indie art and literature. Maybe that's something important for me to keep thinking about. What you gain, what you lose, why and how. Maybe the edge of the page is the place for me. Maybe that's OK.”
“Only when I saw the Earth from space, in all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to cherish and preserve it for future generations.”
“Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.”
“Only when I smell the earth upon my face, will I ever be free, to fly from this place.”
“Only when I was singing did I feel loved.”
“Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeling that the story evokes, the questions that rise to your mind, rather than the fictional events described. They should teach you this in school, but they don’t.”
Source: The Vulnerables
“Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.”
“Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.”