W Quotes
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“We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.”
“We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.”
“We are obviously not awake during dream sleep and yet we have some consciousness of the events taking place in the mind. The memory we form of the last dream fragments before we wake up indicates that some consciousness was "on.”
Source: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
“We are oceans apart. My mother had a very difficult life.”
“We are odd compounds full of explosive material to which circumstances may at any time apply a spark, with results undreamed of even by those who thought they knew us best.”
“We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.”
“We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.”
Source: The Conduct of Life
“We are of dust from the stars.”
“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.”
Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth
“We are of such value to God that He came to live among us... and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love.”
“We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier.”
“We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
“We are offered glimpses, even deep searches, into the questions that haunt people the most. We experience a level of intimacy with our clients that few will ever know. We are exposed to levels of drama and emotional arousal that are at once terrifying and captivating. We get to play detective and help solve mysteries that have plagued people throughout their lives. We hear stories so amazing that they make television shows, novels, and movies seem tedious and predictable by comparison. We be come companions to people who are on the verge of making significant changes— and we are transformed as well. We go to sleep at night knowing that, in some way, we have made a difference in people’s lives. There is al most a spiritual transcendence associated with much of the work we do.”
Source: On Being a Therapist
“We are offered glimpses, even deep searches, into the questions that haunt people the most. We experience a level of intimacy with our clients that few will ever know. We are exposed to levels of drama and emotional arousal that are at once terrifying and captivating. We get to play detective and help solve mysteries that have plagued people throughout their lives. We hear stories so amazing that they make television shows, novels, and movies seem tedious and predictable by comparison. We become companions to people who are on the verge of making significant changes— and we are transformed as well. We go to sleep at night knowing that, in some way, we have made a difference in people’s lives. There is almost a spiritual transcendence associated with much of the work we do.”
Source: On Being a Therapist
“We are offering to the American public a line of delicious Italian-American foods. They will be available through the Internet, shopping networks and national store distribution.”
“We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.”
Source: Hamlet
“We are often able because we think we are able.”
“We are often at odds with our wise and loving Lord because the change he is working on is not the change we have dreamt about. We dream about change in it, while God is working in the midst of it to change us.”
Source: How People Change: How Christ Changes Us by His Grace, Leader's Guide
“We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.”
Source: Where Good Ideas Come From
“We are often blind to the fact that our situation is not as bad as we think, until it gets worse.”
“We are often but slaves to the feelings our own body subjects us to.”
Source: Error: The Hidden Programs of the Human Body - Break Free from Autopilot and Redefine Conscious Living
“We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.”
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“We are often deceived by a selfie into thinking that someone does not think that they are ugly.”
“We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.”
“We are often deterred, not by what others think or would think, but by what we think they think or would think.”
“We are often expected to demonstrate nothing short of perfection. Is this a healthy expectation?”
“We are often given pills or fluids to help remedy illness, yet little has been taught to us about the power of smell to do the exact same thing. It is known that the scent of fresh rosemary increases memory, but this cure for memory loss is not divulged by doctors to help the elderly. I also know that the most effective use of the blue lotus flower is not from its dilution with wine or tea – but from its scent. To really maximize the positive effects of the blue lily (or the pink lotus), it must be sniffed within minutes of plucking. This is why it is frequently shown being sniffed by my ancient ancestors on the walls of temples and on papyrus. Even countries across the Orient share the same imagery. The sacred lotus not only creates a relaxing sensation of euphoria, and increases vibrations of the heart, but also triggers genetic memory - and good memory with an awakened heart ushers wisdom.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“We are often harsher judges than God himself.”
Source: Jesus Is Student Edition: Discovering Who He Is Changes Who You Are
“We are often hindered from giving up our treasures to the Lord out of fear for their safety; this is especially true when those treasures are loved relatives and friends. But we need have no such fears. Our Lord came not to destroy but to save. Everything is safe which we commit to Him, and nothing is really safe which is not so committed.”
“We are often in society told to make decisions in one of two ways. We're either told "Use your gut, just go with how you feel about it and let that guide you," or we're told to use reason - some very deliberative methodical process of pros and cons and really thinking it through.”
“We are often in two places at once. In fact we are usually in at least two places and occasionally the contrast is evident....Here, most often, is nothing more than the best perspective to contemplate there.”
“We are often indifferent to our brethren who are distressed or upset, on the grounds that they are in this state through no fault of ours. The Doctor of souls, however, wishing to root out the soul's excuses from the heart, tells us to leave our gift and to be reconciled not only if we happen to be upset by our brother, but also if he is upset by us, whether justly or unjustly; only when we have healed the breach through our apology should we offer our gift.”
“We are often infinitely mistaken, and take the falsest measures, when we envy the happiness of rich and great men; we know not the inward canker that eats out all their joy and delight, and makes them really much more miserable than ourselves.”
“We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated.”
Source: The Time Traveler’s Wife
“We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.”
Source: A Shadow Passes
“We are often just slaves to the feelings our own body subjects us to.”
Source: Error: The Hidden Programs of the Human Body - Break Free from Autopilot and Redefine Conscious Living
“We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.”
“We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still. Lovers, farmers, and artists have one thing in common, at least - a fear of 'dry spells,' dormant periods in which we do no blooming, internal droughts only the waters of imagination and psychic release can civilize.”
Source: The solace of open spaces
“We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.”
Source: Writing is Work
“We are often more merciful to our animals than we are to each other.”
“We are often more treacherous through weakness than calculation”
“We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.”
“We are often not only to slow to get on our knees, but to quick to rise from them.”
“We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.”
“We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible... If your daughter is not impermanent, she cannot grow up to become a woman. Then your grandchildren would never manifest.”
Source: No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
“We are often so caught up in our activities that we tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.”
“We are often so distracted by the internal war between what we want to do and what we have to do that we overlook what we need to do.”
“We are often so eager to support others, while our culture and even the conditions of our practices make it difficult to imagine or seek support for ourselves. We aren't meant to carry suffering alone.”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“We are often so worried about what is going to happen that we can't enjoy what is happening NOW.”
“We are often taught that strength means unyielding determination, staunch opinions, and unbreakable resolve. ... Softness does not mean weakness. It means being open to change, receptive to others, and compassionate toward ourselves. ... A rigid mindset might break under unexpected pressure; a flexible one bends and recovers . ... Like bamboo in the wind, soft strength bends but does not break”