W Quotes
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“When the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the green hill in an April shroud; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose.”
“When the melodies drown, breathe with a dance.”
“When the melody plays, footsteps move, heart sings and spirit begin to dance.”
“When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.”
“When the memory of one's predecessors is buried, the assumption persists that there were none and each generation of women believes itself to be faced with the burden of doing everything for the first time. And if no one ever did it beforewhy do we think we can succeed now?”
“When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.”
“When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.”
“When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.”
“When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they cultivated their personal character, and became illustrious in the world. If poor, they attended to their own virtue in solitude; if advanced to dignity, they made the whole empire virtuous as well.”
“When the mercy of God comes into the life of a person, he increases and succeeds in all things.”
“When the message out there is so horrible that, to be gay, you can get killed for it... we need to change the message!!”
“When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.”
“When the middle class thrives, the country thrives, and when it doesn't, we don't.”
“When the mighty chains of darkness had me on the ropes, everyone said quit now, that's when I found hope.”
“When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.”
“When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.”
Source: To Think of Tea!
“When the mind adjusts to simply staying here, then that mind is not called mind any more. It's just Self. It's only ever Self.”
“When the mind and the heart begin to argue, I always choose the heart. But… I do not know if that is right either.”
Source: Legacy of the Northern Sea
“When the mind and the Self (Soul) become engrossed (tanmayakar) only then it is called artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self), and also one does not become aware that artadhyan has occurred. And if one realizes that artadhyan has occurred, then it is not called artadhyan; then it is the mind.”
“When the mind becomes pure, it comes to the heart.”
“When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health, and every trace of sickness will soon disappear. When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in higher attainments and in greater achievements that all thought of failure is forgotten, all the forces of mind will begin to work for the promotion of those attainments and achievements. The person will be gaining ground every day, and greater success will positively follow.”
“When the mind, body and spirit are in harmony, the biological intelligence that governs the body's resources and allows it to heal itself and function correctly are intensified. Reiki is the key that unlocks the body's optimum capabilities.”
Source: The Essence of Reiki
“When the mind changes the outer expression must change to correspond. We are transferred by the renewing of our minds.”
“When the mind enters into this imageless and thoughtless state, there is nothing in it to resist the union with divine consciousness.”
Source: Advanced contemplation: The peace within you
“When the mind, for want of being sufficiently reduced by recollection at our first engaging in devotion, has contracted certain bad habits of wandering and dissipation, they are difficult to overcome, and commonly draw us, even against our wills, to the things of the earth.
I believe one remedy for this is to confess our faults, and to humble ourselves before God. I do not advise you to use multiplicity of words in prayer: many words and long discourses being often the occasions of wandering. Hold yourself in prayer before God, like a dumb or paralytic beggar at a rich man's gate. Let it be your business to keep your mind in the presence of the Lord. If it sometimes wander and withdraw itself from Him, do not much disquiet yourself for that: trouble and disquiet serve rather to distract the mind than to re-collect it: the will must bring it back in tranquility. If you persevere in this manner, God will have pity on you.”
Source: The Practice of the Presence of God
“When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.”
“When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.”
Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1953-1955): What Are You Seeking?
“When the mind grapples with a great and intricate problem, it makes its advances step by step, with but little realization of the gains it has made, until suddenly, with an effect of abrupt illumination, it realizes its victory.”
Source: H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Modern Utopia, A Short History of the World, What Is Coming, The Story of the Last Trump…
“When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.”
“When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of one”
Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or
“When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)
“When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.”
Source: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
“When the mind is attuned to the cosmic law, all the laws of nature are in perfect harmony with the aspirations of the mind.”
Source: The Science of Being and Art of Living
“When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.”
Source: Self-realization
“When the mind is clear, behavior is always impeccable.”
“When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
“When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.”
“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.”
Source: Earth House Hold
“When the mind is filled with ego,
when the heart is filled with hate,
when the souls are not connected,
when you are at war within,
a big and precious wedding ring
holds no value
- The fact”
Source: ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS
“When the mind is free, magic happens.”
“When the mind is free of fear, guilt, anger and is more centered, then it holds the power to heal any ailment.”
“When the mind is free,
the heart is free.
When the heart is free,
the soul is free.
When the soul is free,
the body is free.
When the body is free,
the individual is free.
When children are free,
women are free.
When women are free,
men are free.
When men are free,
the family is free.
When families are free,
the world is free.”
“When the mind is full of any one subject, that subject seems to recur with extraordinary frequency - it appears to pursue or to meet us at every turn: in every conversation that we hear in every book we open, in every newspaper we take up, the reigning idea recurs; and then we are surprised, and exclaim at these wonderful coincidences.”
Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825
“When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.”
“When the mind is full of worldly desires, it is their very nature to confuse the mind. Withdraw the mind from outer things and turn it inwards.”
“When the mind is in a passive and receptive state, absolutely still and in silence, the Essence or Buddhata is liberated from the mind, and ecstasy arrives.”
“When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.”
“When the mind is infested with more judgement, conclusions and biases, than the actual urge for understanding, even the sun appears to be a candle and the ocean a pool.”
Source: Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism
“When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find that it is permeated with a light and a love you have never known; and yet you recognise it at once as your own nature. Once you have passed through this experience, you will never be the same man again; the unruly mind may break its peace and obliterate its vision; but it is bound to return, provided the effort is sustained; until the day when all bonds are broken, delusions and attachments end and life becomes supremely concentrated in the present.”
“When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.”