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Worldly Quotes (page 191)

Francis Schaeffer quote: "In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art..."
In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual. Francis Schaeffer
Aldo Leopold quote: "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one..."
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Aldo Leopold
It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself Nick Hornby
Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness in the other world as I possibly can, with all the power, might, vigor, and vehemence, yea violence, I am capable of. Jonathan Edwards
Bill Watterson quote: "That's the difference between me and the rest of the world!..."
That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria! Bill Watterson
A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words—or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols—spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word. Jorge Luis Borges
So time over time what will change the world, no one knows? The only promise is a day to live, to give and share with one another. See the wisdom from mistakes in our past; the promise of a new day. Paula Abdul
it wont be long now it wont be longman is making deserts of the earthit wont be long nowbefore man will have used it upso that nothing but antsand centipedes and scorpionscan find a living on it....what man calls civilizationalways results in deserts....men talk of money and industryof hard times and recoveriesof finance and economicsbut the ants wait and the scorpions waitfor while men talk they are making deserts all the timegetting the world ready for the conquering antdrought and erosion... Don Marquis
Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be... Simone de Beauvoir
Heraclitus quote: "Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make..."
Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world. Heraclitus
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there? L. M. Montgomery
The Plot Against The Giant. First Girl. When this yokel comes maundering, Whetting his hacker, I shall run before him, Diffusing the civilest odors. Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. It will check him. Second Girl. I shall run before him, Arching cloths besprinkled with colors. As small as fish-eggs. The threads. Will abash him. Third Girl. Oh, la... le pauvre! I shall run before him, With a curious puffing. He will bend his ear then. I shall whisper. Heavenly labials in a world of... Wallace Stevens
Jack Kerouac quote: "The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood,..."
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is. Jack Kerouac
Jeanette Winterson quote: "The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear."
The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear. Jeanette Winterson
William Hazlitt quote: "The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their..."
The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors. William Hazlitt

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