W Quotes
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“When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.”
“When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because her man is a dog.”
Source: Divided & Conquered
“When a man chooses wisdom over cleverness, everyone considers him a fool.”
“When a man comes to die,
no matter what his talents and influences and genius,
if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him
and his dying a cold horror.”
Source: East of Eden
“When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.”
“When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.”
“When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“When a man comes to your house with a bag full of money, he certainly has seen more in your backyard than in the bag.”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
“When a man comes under the blood of Christ, his whole capacity as a man is refashioned. His soul is saved, yes, but so are his mind and his body. True spirituality means the lordship of Christ over the total man.”
Source: Art and the Bible
“When a man confines an animal in a cage, he assumes ownership of that animal. But an animal is an individual; it cannot be owned. When a man tries to own an individual, whether that individual be another man, an animal or even a tree, he suffers the psychic consequences of an unnatural act.”
Source: Another Roadside Attraction
“When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination.”
“When a man declares to you: "I am sure of my wife," it means that he is sure of his wife. But when a woman declares to you: "I am sure of my husband," it nearly always means that she is sure of herself.”
“When a man declares: "There are no blacks and whites [in morality]" he is making a psychological confession, and what he means is: "I am unwilling to be wholly good - and please don't regard me as wholly evil!"”
“When a man denies the power of women, he is denying his own subconscious.”
“When a man destroys a relationship to feed an obsession, he cuts out his own heart to watch it bleed.”
Source: The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened
“When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.”
“When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."”
“When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.”
Source: The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.
“When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.”
“When a man dies, his secrets bond like crystals, like frost on a window. His last breath obscures the glass.”
Source: Fugitive Pieces
“When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.”
“When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775
“When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
“When a man does not admit that he is an animal, he is less than an animal. Not more but less.”
Source: Lighting the corners: on art, nature, and the visionary : essays and interviews
“When a man does not live with his children and does not get along with the mother of his children, his fatherhood becomes essentially untenable, regardless of how he feels, how hard he tries, or whether he is a good guy. Almost by definition, he has become de-fathered.”
“When a man doesn't want you. He plays you. When a women doesn't want you. She humiliates you.”
“When a man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fear', that might just be a deficiency in his education.”
“When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.”
“When a man eats his words, that's recycling.”
“When a man ends up in the White House who boasts about not having a clue and who says that specialist knowledge is elite nonsense, then a critical point has been reached. Then you will have an obviously irresponsible man sitting in a position that requires the utmost degree of responsibility.”
“When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.”
Source: The Principles of Success in Literature
“When a man fails to understand something he is conscious of a discord, and seeks for the cause of it not in himself, as he should, but outside himself - hence the war with what he does not understand.”
“When a man falls in love, he sees the beloved in an idealized vision which to the rest of the world seems unjustified by the facts of the woman's character and appearance. The lover feels towards his beloved, thus idealized, a rapture of devotion, which seems to blend humility with exultation, self-giving with grateful receiving, in a joyful interchange of laughter and courtesy. What is the real significance of this vision and the mutual relationship which can emerge from it? [Charles] Williams tells us that the lover sees his beloved as all men would see one another, and all things, had not man fallen from his state of original innocence. He sees his beloved as all men ought to see their fellow-men 'in God'. The relationship between lover and beloved which emerges is (at its best) the relationship of joyful giving and receiving which ought to join all men together. Already such relationships exist among the perfected in Heaven. And the archetype of such perfected relationships is the coherence of the Three Persons of the Trinity.”
Source: The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think?
“When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“When a man falls on his knees and stretches his hands heavenward, he is doing the most natural thing in the world.”
“When a man fasts, it is not the gallons of water he drinks that sustains him, but God.”
Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“When a man feel the reprehension of a friend seconded by his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment.”
Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes
“When a man feels fear without reason, you call him to the attention of a psychiatrist; you are not so careful to protect the meaning, the nature and the dignity of love.”
Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.”
Source: The Optimistic Life
“When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.”
“When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.”
“When a man finds himself he learns to love, he learns to believe, he learns to accept, he learns to forgive, he learns to appreciate, he learns to encourage, and he learns to stand alone too.”
“When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.”
Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition
“When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.”
“When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong.”
“When a man finds the right woman, there will appear a black hole to remove any and everything negative in his life. Once this task is complete and he's in her presence for the very first time thereafter, there will form in him a natural inclination to scream FUCK THE WORLD. And it is not just because she's near him. Her proximity to him gives him proof that she herself is alive and well in the universe itself.”
“When a man finds the woman he really loves, the one he respects and wants to call wife, there is nothing on earth he won't do for her. No mountain he won't hike. No river he won't wade. No door he won't open. She is Eve and there's not a snake crawling that can keep them apart.”
“When a man finds this kind of woman, he will go all out for her knowing that she will not be a letdown.”
“When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers.”