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Worldly Quotes (page 194)

Dan Brown quote: "Human thought can literally transform the physical world .. we..."
Human thought can literally transform the physical world .. we are the masters of our own universe Dan Brown
It will be said that a rational person accepts the world as mixed of good and evil with decent satisfaction and decent endurance. But this is exactly the attitude which I maintain to be defective... We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surly contentment; we want a fiercer delight and a fiercer discontent. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence. Friedrich Nietzsche
Victor Hugo quote: "To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for..."
To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for the shadow. Victor Hugo
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. Vaclav Havel
Love never comes just a little bit at a time, I thought, as I watched him, absorbed in contemplation of the Virgin. The previous day, the world made sense, even without love's presence. But now we needed each other in order to see the true brilliance of things. Paulo Coelho
Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds and spirits. A person who does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs! Martin Luther
Making stuff: The folks at Instructables have put up some killer HOWTOs for building the technology in this book. It's easy and incredibly fun. There's nothing so rewarding in this world as making stuff, especially stuff that makes you more free. Cory Doctorow
The vast mass of mankind is mere material, and only exists in order by some great effort, by some mysterious process, by means of some crossing of races and stocks, to bring into the world at last perhaps one man out of a thousand with a spark of independence. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men ; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity. Henry David Thoreau
Albert Camus quote: "There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live..."
There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence. Albert Camus
Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends. Isabel Paterson
Alan Watts quote: "We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves..."
We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. Alan Watts
His smile had an attractive quality, the smile of a man of the world who used it, not to cover his words, but to stress the audacity of expressing a sincere emotion. Ayn Rand
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung; The..."
Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung; The world was very old indeed Gilbert K. Chesterton

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