W Quotes
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“Without the original impetus from the Universal Mind, matter would be lifeless, immobile stuff, even if it somehow existed independently, and space would only be emptiness or absolute void, unaffected or minimally affected by the created world or universe. What powers the Universe is the main force, the source of all forces, and Everything. All the rest is an illusion, and our interpretation is a consequence of our senses and thinking. Our world is a program of an Absolute, Universal Mind working with the Absolute Void (its only means) to create the World. The main unifying force enabling all this is the Absolute itself.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“Without the pain, the hurt, the knocks, the blood & the tears, victory remains incomplete.”
“Without the parallel development of systems of monetary - and credit-based exchange - there could have been no development of economies beyond the most primitive organizational forms and the most geographically restricted sales.”
“Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly?”
Source: Bellman & Black: A Novel
“Without the Peacemaker, there is no peace.”
“Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.”
“Without the people who thought the best of him, he had forgotten how to think the best of himself.”
Source: The Ruin of a Rake
“Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.”
Source: Works: Deucalion. The king of the Golden River. The eagle's nest. Arrows of the chace
“Without the perpetual counterfeiting of the universe by number, man could not continue to live”
“Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.”
“Without the piano, I would never have attempted to rap, because I'm a poor rapper. I'm enthusiastic, but it takes me a long time to write eight bars of rap. I would battle any pianist, and yet I would forfeit happily before even getting into a rap battle with anyone.”
“Without the pieces there can be no whole and without the whole the pieces have no place. What the hell does that mean?
Did you know that it requires the time and effort of approximately 10,000 individuals to get the coffee from the plant to your coffee pot each and every morning? That's just your morning cup of coffee! Expand that outwards to all the other products you pick up from your grocery store, to the water, sewage, and power systems hooked up to your house. In order for you to maintain your lifestyle, it requires the efforts of millions of individuals you don't even know exist. Suddenly the concept of independence sounds kind of absurd!
If you are special, it's not because of you as an individual, it's because of your compatibility within the whole. Become a source of dysfunction within the whole and suddenly your importance wanes, folks try to avoid you.
This is the philosophy of sunyata which some refer to as the theory of emptiness but which I choose to think of as the theory of the pieces and the whole.”
“Without the pilot, there is no flying from one place to another.”
“Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled 'file and forget.'”
Source: Invisible Man
“Without the possibility of death,
adventure is not possible.”
“Without the possibility of making mistakes, we wouldn't need to bother about making a decision.”
“Without the potatoe, the balance of European power might never have tilted north”
Source: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
“Without the potential of the eternal, ever-existing mind, a chance would have no chance. The whole world would only be a matter of dead matter and an accumulation of accidental events with a zero chance of ever becoming anything remotely organized as the Universe is. This scenario would be equal to nothingness.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“Without the power of intelligence there is no capacity for spiritual knowledge; and without spiritual knowledge we cannot have the faith from which springs that hope whereby we grasp things of the future as though they were present. Without the power of desire there is no longing, and so no love, which is the issue of longing; for the property of desire is to love something. And without the incensive power, intensifying the desire for union with what is loved, there can be no peace, for peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.”
“Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.”
Source: The re-conquest of Ireland
“Without the power to put them into practice, truths are of no use. They remain academic.
Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails.
Dictatorial power and truth do not go together. They are mutually exclusive.”
Source: The Mass Psychology of Fascism
“Without the preaching of the cross of Christ, there is no conversion.”
“Without the presence of black people in America, European-Americans would not be "white"-- they would be Irish, Italians, Poles, Welsh, and other engaged in class, ethnic, and gender struggles over resources and identity. (p. 107-108)”
“Without the presence of class warfare, trade unions would be hard put to justfy their existence.”
“Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.”
Source: No Doubt about it
“Without the principle of private property there would be no reason for government, which is necessary solely for the purpose of keeping the disinherited within bounds in their quarrels or in their rebellions against those who hold the social wealth”
“Without the Project I was nothing but a secretary on a road to nowhere, drifting toward frosted hair and menthol addiction.”
Source: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
“Without the proper care, there's no beauty. Without beauty, there's no boyfriend.”
“Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.”
Source: The Blind Assassin: A Novel
“Without the Protector, there is no protection.”
“Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.”
“Without the redeemer, there is no redemption.”
“Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil-it seizes up.”
“Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone.”
“Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.”
Source: Letters: 1761-1792
“Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.”
“Without the rich - without those who accumulated capital - those poor who could exist at all would be very much poorer indeed, scratching a livelihood from marginal lands on which every drought would kill most of the children they would be trying to raise.”
“Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.”
“Without the right marketing metrics, you are shooting in the dark. The only way to know if things are working for you or not is those metrics.”
“Without the right succession planning put to play in human resources, we build for the future without a future”
“Without the right support, underachievers are bound to hold back from soaring to the heights their abilities could reach.”
“Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.”
“Without the rivers, there would be no oceans. Without the valleys, there would be no mountains, and without summer, there would be no winter. Everything in life happens for a reason, and each element plays a crucial role in the grand scheme of things.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Without the sadness, he has nothing left.”
“Without the seeds there is no shade.”
“Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty.”
Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
“Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind... life would have seemed to me empty.”
Source: The World As I See It
“Without the sensuality if the heart and soul, there is no sensuality. Everything else is smoke and mirrors.”
“Without the sensuality of the heart and soul, there is no sensuality at all, just smoke and mirrors.”
“Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.”
Source: The Shepherd's Calendar