Quotes on Ifs

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.

If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status.

Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either voluntarily from repentance, or else involuntarily as a result of some salutary and providential reversal. 'For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged; but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, so that we should not be condemned with the world.' (1 Cor. 11:31-32).

If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.

Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.

If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is

If we have not silence, God is not heard in our music. If we have no rest God, does not bless our work.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already a selfish idea. Selflessness will be there when you do not try anything.

If you take control of your behavior, your emotions will fall into place.

But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn’t immoral - it’s a moral imperative. Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.

If you want me to believe in your redeemer, you are going to have to look a lot more redeemed.

We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

You are your own highest authority. Do not place your source of authority outside of you. Go within to see if the truth you've found is in harmony with the truth you find in your heart.

If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him & He will make use of you every minute you live- yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.