O Quotes
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“Only with freedom can we build a society with equality as the backbone and conscience as the nerve center.”
Source: See No Gender
“Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most dangerous feature of our Church and culture-and the sentimental air is never thicker than at Christmas. The Incarnation is messy, dirty, and resonates with the crucifixion. We need a new wave of carol writing that can gradually swill out the nonsense and catch the piercing, joy-through-pain refrains of the New Testament.”
“Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too late.”
“Only with her - PART I
Dealing with estranged feelings and the heart’s missing heart beats,
Feels like a world that its horizon never meets,
It maybe what one experiences in the moment of continuous disbelief,
Because without her the mind finds no solace and the heart fails to play the symphonies of relief,
As the estrangement grows and the feeling deepens in those prolonged spells of darkness,
The night grows over the mind eclipsing its every thought with a slight crassness,
Where it feels abandoned by the heart, because it seems to beat only for those estranged feelings,
And ah the herculean effort for the mind to nurture the heart’s darling seedlings,
From where the heart grows reasons to keep throbbing, and every flexing of muscle seems to be a harbinger of new emotional outage,
And it somehow always convinces the mind not to let her feelings be cast into scrappage,
The heart, the poor beating heart, suffers from this expensive essentialism,
To sustain her estranged feelings in its love chambers and in the mind’s thoughts, despite their widening chasm,
But the heart loves her unconditionally, and the mind too finally gives in to the heart’s will voluntarily,
And now the heart beats for her softly as the mind once again begins to think of her so lovingly,
Now both the mind and the heart deal with a different reality,
That of establishing her memories, her feelings as the principal deity,
But who shall hold her entirely? Because the heart loves her deeply and now the mind too loves her no less,
And in their strife; I, who owns them both, has to deal with a new kind of stress,
And I only care less, because in their desire to love her forever, the heart will beat endlessly and the mind will think of her ceaselessly,
While I collate the extract of their feelings about her, and I live everyday in her thoughts fearlessly,
And the mystery grows deeper, that who loves who, they love her, I love her too, and they know,
But without them I cannot love her, and without me they cannot exist, this is a reality we all know,
However, the desire to love someone so beautiful has made them my foe, and my willingness to keep living for her,
Has encouraged them to exploit my weakness, that to always live loving her,
As long as the heart beats, the mind doesn't mind, and as long as my mind only her thoughts creates, I too do not mind,
Living in a body, where my own heart only beats for her, my mind only thinks about her, while I am busy living for her with feelings well defined,
CONTINUED IN PART II.........”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Only with her - PART I
Dealing with estranged feelings and the heart’s missing heart beats,
Feels like a world that its horizon never meets,
It maybe what one experiences in the moment of continuous disbelief,
Because without her the mind finds no solace and the heart fails to play the symphonies of relief,
As the estrangement grows and the feeling deepens in those prolonged spells of darkness,
The night grows over the mind eclipsing its every thought with a slight crassness,
Where it feels abandoned by the heart, because it seems to beat only for those estranged feelings,
And ah the herculean effort for the mind to nurture the heart’s darling seedlings,
From where the heart grows reasons to keep throbbing, and every flexing of muscle seems to be a harbinger of new suffrage,
And it somehow always convinces the mind not to let her feelings be cast into scrappage,
The heart, the poor beating heart, suffers from this expensive essentialism,
To sustain her estranged feelings in its love chambers and in the mind’s thoughts, despite their widening chasm,
But the heart loves her unconditionally, and the mind too finally gives in to the heart’s will voluntarily,
And now the heart beats for her softly as the mind once again begins to think of her so lovingly,
Now both the mind and the heart deal with a different reality,
That of establishing her memories, her feelings as the principal deity,
But who shall hold her entirely? Because the heart loves her deeply and now the mind too loves her no less,
And in their strife; I, who owns them both, has to deal with a new kind of stress,
And I only care less, because in their desire to love her forever, the heart will beat endlessly and the mind will think of her ceaselessly,
While I collate the extract of their feelings about her, and I live everyday in her thoughts fearlessly,
And the mystery grows deeper, that who loves who, they love her, I love her too, and they know,
But without them I cannot love her, and without me they cannot exist, this is a reality we all know,
However, the desire to love someone so beautiful has made them my foe, and my willingness to keep living for her,
Has encouraged them to exploit my weakness, that to always live loving her,
As long as the heart beats, the mind doesn't mind, and as long as my mind only her thoughts creates, I too do not mind,
Living in a body, where my own heart only beats for her, my mind only thinks about her, while I am busy living for her with feelings well defined,
Continued in part II........”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Only with her - PART II
For when it comes to love and life, prestige loses its significance,
All that matters is the moment where you can love her with every heartbeat and the mind’s complete faithfulness,
I had fallen in love long ago, but my mind took a while to love what I realised as the most loving feeling,
While my heart instantly began beating for her and it immediately recognised her as its most endearing feeling,
Now I live in this world created by my mind that is unaware it is obeying my heart’s fancies,
Her thoughts, her imaginations, creating for me a world where she fills all my emotional vacancies,
I do not mind my current existence in this world, where my mind thinks for my heart and my heart beats neither for me nor for my mind,
But only for her, and when in both of them, I my own identity try to find,
I realise she occupies every part of this world, where my mind and my heart patronise her alone,
And I too begin to favour their sentimental inclinations with a feeling that is too prone,
To fall in love again and again, with my own heart that loves her unfailingly,
And then my mind doesn't mind loving her willingly,
For it partly still lives for me, because without me what can it be,
Just a mind that thinks endlessly, leading to feelings that it can neither feel nor see,
So, it lets me be the master who depends on the feelings of his revolting heart,
Finally we all are ring fenced by her feelings, from which now none of us can depart,
And my heart beats one beat at a time, the mind thinks one thought at a time, while I live my life in single moments,
I have to deal with my heart and my mind’s ever shifting sentimental arrangements,
Where the heart always wants her feelings to be the dominant sentiment,
But the mind knows then it will dissolve my existence and this becomes its predicament,
Because without me it will be reduced to just a whim, that arises whenever the heart feels something,
And in the kingdom of my heart she comprises everything,
So, the mind fears its own identity crisis, because it is only her thoughts that continuously flow from my heart,
But now all three of us realise that from beautiful thoughts none of us can part,
Because to each one of us, she offers reasons to: beat, to think and to keep falling in love,
And maybe this is what the wise refer to as a true and fulfilling feeling of love.
So, I have left the mind alone, I let the heart beat for whatever sensation it pleases to,
Because only then I admit to them both that I love her and I want to!
And the heart happily beats for her, the mind only thinks about her,
As they leave me alone, just to be with her!”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.”
“Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.”
“Only with our modern civilization did we find ourselves forcibly inducted into this individual existence. Of course, we fight to retain this 'inalienable' right, and we are naturally driven to win it and defend it at all costs. We demand this freedom, this autonomy, as a fundamental human right and, at the same time, we are crippled by the responsibility that ends up making us detest ourselves as such.
This is what resounds in the complaint of Job. God asks too much: ''What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? '
This leaves us subject to a contradictory twofold requirement: to seek an identity by all possible means - by hounding the identities of others or by exploring the networks - and to slough off identity in every possible way, as though it were a burden or a disguise.
It is as though liberty and individuality, from having been a 'natural' state in which one may act freely, had become artificial states, a kind of moral imperative, whose implacable decree makes us hostages to our identities and our own wills.
This is a very particular case of Stockholm Syndrome, since we are here both the terrorist and the hostage. Now, the hostage is by definition the unexchangeable, accursed object you cannot be rid of because you don't know what to do with it.
The situation is the same for the subject: as hostage to himself, he doesn't know how to exchange himself or be rid of himself.”
Source: The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact
“Only with the death it comes what's new, if the germen doesn't die, the plant will not be born.”
“Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.”
“Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.”
Source: We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor
“Only with the ultimate knowledge of all things will man have come to know himself. For things are but the boundaries of man.”
“Only with the wings of love
can you fly.
Only with the light of love
can you see the star
In a moonlit sky.”
“Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.”
Source: The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
“Only with winter-patience can we bring the deep-desired, long-awaited Spring.”
“Only with you!
Every moment spent with you appears fulfilling,
Then who cares whether it is shorter or longer,
For a feeling that is loving, although always evolving,
Sometimes makes me wish I could love you a little longer,
Every dream dreamt about you is beautiful,
Then who cares whether there is someone or something else in that dream,
Because with you life seems lovely and eventful,
And sometimes makes me wish if it were you in reality and not just a dream,
Every movement of yours appears to only invite me,
To feel the embrace of love and emotions deep,
Because with you my mind wishes to be,
And then as my head rests in your lap it wants to enter into a sleep that is long and deep,
Your every smile disarms me and makes me love you more,
To be your admirer who only seeks you,
Because with you I feel the rush of feelings never felt before,
And how I love to feel this rush again and again, but only with you!”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Only within metaphysics does logic
exist.”
“Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.”
“Only within the 20th Century has biological thought been focused on ecology, or the relation of the living creature to its environment. Awareness of ecological relationships is - or should be - the basis of modern conservation programs, for it is useless to attempt to preserve a living species unless the kind of land or water it requires is also preserved. So delicately interwoven are the relationships that when we disturb one thread of the community fabric we alter it all - perhaps almost imperceptibly, perhaps so drastically that destruction follows.”
“Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.”
Source: Silent Spring
“Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.”
Source: Steppenwolf: A Novel
“Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself. I can throw open to you no picture gallery but your own soul.”
“Only women, children, and dogs are loved unconditionally. A man is only loved under the condition that he provides something.”
“Only women, children, and dogs are loved unconditionally whereas men are loved conditionally (, - and that's not right.)”
“Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.”
“Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything.”
Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.”
“Only work with projects you love. That will make your creativity blend with your vitality, and the project will create itself.”
“Only world law can assure progress towards a civilized peaceful community.”
“Only worry about things that are within your control”
“Only worry about what you absolutely know about,' Mr. Worthington said to me, putting my mind back where it belonged. 'That's the key. Worrying about anything else is just a waste of time and emotion. I know that seems obvious but honestly, the more information you have, the less your imagination can run away with you so the secret is to find out as much as you can about what your particular problem is....and you'll be amazed at how this simplifies things. You no longer have to worry about the what ifs.”
Source: On Top of Everything
“Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn’t have to be limited by anyone else’s stupidity unless you allow it to be.”
“Only worse thing than being cold, and too tired to defend yourself, is to be cold and alone. And I wouldn't ever wish that on nobody.”
Source: The Road to Jericho
“Only write a story that only you can write.”
“Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse.”
“Only write if you can't not.”
“Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.”
Source: Possession: A Romance
“Only years later did it strike me that however weak Vi could be about her own sorrows, when faced with others', she became spectacular.”
Source: The Monsters of Templeton
“Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing.”
Source: The Gardener's Year
“Only yesterday a young woman came to me wanting a trap set for a man with a sweet smile and lithe arms. She was a fool, not for wanting him, but for wanting more of him than that.”
Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
“Only yesterday I was full of worldly fancies, although religion had already some share in my thoughts: glory was still my daydream. Today my hopes are higher, and I covet here below nothing but obscurity and peace.”
“Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who say every sort of wicked thing about me because I sacrificed their friendship to gain my own soul. I left the dark paths of their duplicity and turned my eyes toward the light where there is salvation, truth, and justice. They have exiled me now from their society, yet I am content. Mankind only exiles the one whose large spirit rebels against injustice and tyranny. He who does not prefer exile to servility is not free in the true and necessary sense of freedom.”
“Only yesterday mankind lived in fear of the scourges of smallpox, cholera and plague that once swept nations before them. Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease. Today we are concerned with a different kind of hazard that lurks in our environment-a hazard we ourselves have introduced into our world as our modern way of life has evolved.”
Source: Silent Spring
“Only yesterday the good Dr. Markos
laid his sure hand on a statue of Zeus.
Although he was Zeus and made of marble
we're burying him today.”
“Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!”
Source: Ballads for Little Folk
“Only yonder magnificent pine-tree... holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing of her annual tide of life by the new verdure that yearly submerges all trace of last year's ebb.”
Source: Outdoor Studies, Poems
“Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.”
“Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow. You special, miraculous, unrepeatable, fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling ruby emerald jewel, rainbow splendor person. It's up to you.”
“Only you and I who love Jesus and have Him now before this life's death will be able to be among the special super-citizens of the Heavenly City, a special super-class of people!”