W Quotes
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“When our mother is seen only as the one-dimensional Mary of modern times, instead of the great dual force of life and death, She is relegated to the same second-class status of most women in the world. She is without desires of Her own, selfless and sexless except for Her womb. She is the cook, the mistress, bearer and caretaker of children and men. Men call upon Her and carry Her love and magic to form a formidable fortress, a team of cannons to protect them against their enemies. But for a long, long time the wars that women have been left to wage on behalf of men, on behalf of the human race, have started much sooner, in the home, in front of the hearth, in the womb. We do what we must to protect and provide for our young our families, our tribes”
Source: Goddess of the Americas / La Diosa de Las Americas: Writings on the Virgin of Guadalupe
“When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.”
“When our needs are met, only then can we truly meet others’ needs. Too often we spend all our time taking care of others because we are looking for love, approval, or appreciation. When our cup is full, we are able to give without needing this in return. Love, approval, and appreciation just become icing on the cake. Self-care and time-management go hand in hand. Whenever I mention self-care, I usually hear, “I do not have enough time for that.” Mindset training is self-care. To me, it is the most important form of self-care. Things like massages, manicures, and other spa type treatments may feel like they are more important, but they are not. Those give much more temporary shifts in vibration. Mindset training, when done regularly, can give long-lasting shifts in vibration and allow you to stay in balance during times of stress.”
Source: Heal Yourself: Body ~ Mind ~ Spirit
“When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of such a mercy”
Source: The Mystery of Providence
“When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile frontal attacks.”
“When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans’ fears about the future.”
“When our party had only seven men, it already had two principles. First, it wanted to be a party with a true ideology. And second, it wanted to be the one and only power in Germany.”
“When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland... They ought to be uprooted as a cancerous tumor is from the body of a patient in a surgical operation.”
“When our passion for the Great Commission, becomes our search for the Great Politician, we know we're lost.”
“When our patterns are threatened by new facts, reason is seldom the victor: 'I know what I think, so don't go confusing me with new opinions.”
“When our people were fed out of the common store, and laboured jointly together, glad was he could slip from his labour, or slumber over his taske he cared not how, nay, the most honest among them would hardly take so much true paines in a weeke, as now for themselves they will doe in a day: neither cared they for the increase, presuming that howsoever the harvest prospered, the generall store must maintaine them, so that wee reaped not so much Corne from the labours of thirtie, as now three or foure doe provide for themselves.”
Source: Generall Historie of Virginia Vol 1: New England & the Summer Isles
“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”
Source: Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems
“When our personal inner vision is sharp and balanced, it awakens our ability to look at life with a creative and positive point of view. It stimulates our thirst for knowledge and education in every possible way.”
“When our power level is down sufficiently, we die.”
“When our preferences are in order, nutrition should take care of itself.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“When our priorities are out of order, we lose power. It takes personal revelation every day to help us prioritize and keep at bay the influences of the world that would draw us from what we are to do.”
“When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.”
“When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices.”
Source: Heartbreak House
“When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.”
Source: Heartbreak House
“When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental health trauma is different from somebody breaking into a store. Those are not the same things, and our response has to be different.”
“When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks here in Washington rushed to declare that it was the start of another hostage crisis. Instead, we worked directly with the Iranian government and secured the release of our sailors in less than 24 hours.”
“When our SEEKING system is pulled into the service of only pursuing tasks, goals, solutions, and success, its primary purpose of maintaining connection is subverted to the point it eventually gives up and we fall into despair.”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“When our service for the Lord becomes so busy that we forget the Lord Himself, it is time to stop everything and seek Him.”
“When our souls are healthy, we change the environment; the environment doesn't change us.”
“When our souls are naive, we fall in love.
When they become older, love falls upon us.”
“When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.”
Source: The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, Now First Collected: The grateful servant. The traitor. Love's cruelty. Love in a maze. The bird in a cage. Hyde Park
“When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.”
“When our spirit tells us it is time to weep, we should weep. It is part of the ritual, if you will, of putting sadness in perspective and gaining control of the situation. . . . Grief has a purpose. Grieving does not mean you are weak It is the first step toward regaining balance and strength. Grieving is part of the tempering process.”
“When our standard is perfection, we never reach our goals.”
“When our star shines, someone else's fades away; when our dream is fulfilled, someone else's turns into a nightmare!”
“When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.”
“When our thinking is big,
then we can do anything.”
Source: Your Own Thought : A Lot of Thoughts
“When our ‘thought life’ is in good shape, our thought processes shape-up, and quality decision-making becomes a norm. It is these quality decisions that will take you to your destiny. Change your thinking and affect your environment.”
“When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.”
“When our thoughts are born,
Though they be good and humble, one should mind
How they are reared, or some will go astray
And shame their mother.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“When our thoughts are plagued by ill-considered shortcuts, we must watch out for pitfalls in our thinking patterns. Only if we regularly challenge our entrenched assumptions can we steer clear of common biases and irreparable errors. (" No longer in the middle")”
“When our thoughts are stammering in our mind, and memorial failure dumbs down our passion for life, a deep dive in the brainwaves can be the lever that lifts our sense of self. ("Walking down the memory lane" )”
“When our thoughts are unsettled and our inner world is in a muddle, we may sharpen our wits and try to recognize the invisible edges of our fractured stance. If we seek to figure out, what our life story is all about, we may be able to put the missing pieces in place and identify what is driving us, what we are actually up to and why we are running like mad dogs, sometimes. (“On a doggy day”)”
“When our thoughts look real, we live in a world of suffering. When they look subjective, we live in a world of choice. When they look arbitrary, we live in a world of possibility. And when we see them as illusory, we wake up inside a world of dreams.”
Source: The Inside-out Revolution: The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever
“When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of prejudice and fixed ideas, when all the time it is more likely that the machine which contains them is only an elaborate cement-mixer, and when the thinking is finished, those whirling thoughts are smoothed into the unchanged conventional mould and seeing them set solid enough to dance, to build, to travel upon, we would never dream of their first deceit, of the hope once roused by their apparently violent reorganisation.”
“When our thoughts turn towards the past, we are often mired in the seductive trap of regret or bathed in the illusory glow of nostalgia. We wallow in the murky waters of what once was, reaching out to the shadows of deeds done and words uttered. Yet, the past is but a deserted stage, the actors long departed, the play concluded. No amount of wandering in its hallowed halls can change the script that was once performed.”
Source: The Power of the Present: A Stoic's Guide to Unyielding Focus
“When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.”
“When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.”
“When our tools are broken, we feel broken. And when somebody fixes one, we feel a tiny bit more whole.”
“When our trials come, when we feel pain and suffering, when our tears flow again, it is our joy and comfort to lift our faces heavenward and to go on, standing on the promises of God.”
“When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.”
Source: Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book
“When our universe is in harmony with man, the eternal, we know it as truth, we feel it as beauty.”
Source: Miscellaneous writings
“When our urge to move blocks our path, the transformative power of our imagination incites us to explore, experience, and expand. If we want a shift in our traditional template of horizontality, we can expand reality by transcending its perceived limits and adopt a philosophy of vertical transcendence. ("Skyward, over and above")”
“When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.”
“When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.”