W Quotes
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“Whenever they were together they couldn't let sixty of their minutes pass without asking each other what time it was; as if time was a volatile currency that they either possessed or did not possess, when in fact time was more of a fog that rose inexorably over all their words and deeds so that their were either forgotten or misremembered.”
Source: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
“Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.”
Source: Drowned Hopes
“Whenever this land faces the destruction of humanity,
when people lose trust in serenity and goodwill,
when brutality reaches such proportions that no human can fight against it,
I will reincarnate!
For protection of Good,
for destruction of Evil,
for restitution of Faith,
I will return!!!”
“Whenever this person comes (the right girl) I'm sure you'll feel something you know”
“Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.”
“whenever Treadway was emotionally tired, he went to bed even earlier than usual, using sleep like a kind of temporary, convenient death.”
“Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.”
Source: Reflections on Political Justice: Selections from the Writings of William Godwin
“Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.”
“Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.”
“Whenever two particles come together, they are held by a certain attraction; and there will come a time when those particles will separate. This is the eternal law. So, wherever there is a body - either grosser or finer, either in heaven or on earth - death will overcome it.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.”
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.”
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”
“Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the better of the principles and judgments of men and women, there is no knowing where they will stop, nor into what evils, natural, moral, or political, they will lead us.”
“Whenever victory gets close, the crowd throws a disruption party. I don’t RSVP. Beast mode eats chaos for breakfast. Step out and execute — shine Klassikan, shine!”
Source: Klassik Era: The Genesis
“Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit.”
Source: A Preface to Politics
“Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.”
Source: Clarissa Harlowe V: Samuel Richardson Collections
“Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.”
Source: Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude
“Whenever we are at the lowest possible point of our life, we get faced with a time of humility. This time of humility is a precious time. It is the time of opportunity and choice. It is when you are given a chance to view life as something other than black and white, a time where you cannot help but to see colour all around you and realise that there is much life and wisdom yet for you to tap into. Somehow, from within, this humility opens you up for a deeper knowing beyond what you have allowed yourself to utilise so far. It is a time when you subconsciously or consciously choose to become a student of life rather than a victim of life.”
“Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see what we need to forgive.”
“Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows of life, let us remember that others have passed the same way, have endured, and then have overcome.”
“Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.”
Source: Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda
“Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.”
Source: The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin
“Whenever we begin to feel as if we can no longer go on, HOPE whispers in our ear to remind us that we are strong.”
“Whenever we buy something we do not need, we waste not only money but also time.”
“Whenever we came to a rocky escarpment, she and all her sisters would stop, not at all eager for the challenge. But we had camel drivers with sticks accompanying us; they employed the latter to urge the camels up the rocky escarpments, and the camels reluctantly complied. If the camels were reluctant to climb up the rocky escarpments, they were loath to go down them. In fact, I came to surmise, the reason camels were reluctant to go up the rocky escarpments was because they were loath to go down them. Figuring that the only reason a camel would be loath to go down a rocky escarpment would be fear of slipping and falling, I, too, was loath to go down the rocky escarpments.”
Source: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World
“Whenever we can make 25 words do the work of 50, we halve the area in which looseness and disorganization can flourish.”
“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.”
Source: The Hiding Place
“Whenever we choose an alternative (whether it is taking a new job or moving to Des Moines for month), we are automatically rejecting every other possible choice. All those rejected alternatives are paths to possible futures where things could be better or worse than the path we chose. There is potential opportunity cost in any choice we forgo.”
Source: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
“Whenever we choose to come unto Christ, take His name upon us, and follow His servants, we progress along the path to eternal life. In our mortal journey, it is helpful to remember that the opposite is also true: when we don't keep the commandments or follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, our opportunities are reduced; our abilities to act and progress are diminished.”
“Whenever we collect data from the original source ourselves, the data gained in the process is known as the primary data.”
Source: Market Research Like a Pro
“Whenever we come across a famous painting by an acclaimed artist, we tend to reason with ourselves. That it ought to be good, for everyone thinks highly of it. But had we not known who the artist was, we wouldn’t have appreciated the work that much. We don’t know whom this society and the media would put on a pedestal next. It could very well be you.”
Source: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.”
“Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.”
“Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making.”
“Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours.”
“Whenever we criticize ourselves, we compound the issue.”
“Whenever we defend democracy we find oil.”
“Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.”
Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest
“Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour.”
“Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
“Whenever we do something for someone else, we affirm that we are not simply in it for ourselves, that our self is someone else, is everyone else.”
“Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.”
“Whenever we do what we can, we immediately can do more.”
Source: Self-culture, lectures
“Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities.”
“Whenever we encounter a human being in such a way that we feel absolutely certain of the infinity of that person's worth and the eternity of his or her life, that is Easter.”
Source: Dying We Live: Meditations for Lent and Easter
“Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.”
Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming - the echo of God on the human wall!”
Source: Les Misérables
“whenever we encounter the name Octavia E. Butler, some of us feel a shift, a deep, spiritual resonance that defies comprehension. it doesn't matter how many times we engage with her words, that something lingers, stirring, moving, shifting. and as the timeline stretches, the reasons begin to reveal themselves. when the darkness swells in me, i return to these fragments of her life, hoping to witness the absolute breath and depth of my own words in this lifetime. because Octavia E. Butler showed us how.”
“Whenever we encounter wild animals in nature, we must only ever show kindness and compassion.”