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Worldly Quotes (page 459)

There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man. That is a perfectly simple fact which the modern world will find out more and more to be a fact. Every other basis is a sort of sentimental confusion, full of merely verbal echoes of the older creeds. Those verbal associations are always vain for the vital purpose of constraining the tyrant. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Voltaire quote: "Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his..."
Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his revenge by speaking ill of it. Voltaire
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a..."
Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. Sinclair Lewis
But now that she had achieved knighthood, and thought and acted as she wanted and decided, for one has to act in this way in order to save this world, she neither noticed nor cared that all the people around her thought she was insane. Kathy Acker
E. M. Forster quote: "Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful..."
Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement. E. M. Forster
Kathy Acker quote: "What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? ..."
What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? What other worlds? Kathy Acker
In philosophy seminars, the choice is usually between good and evil. In the real world, however, the choice is often between a bad guy and a worse guy. Dinesh D'Souza
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is the clearest display of the worth of God in our lives. Therefore, faith-filled suffering is essential in this world for the most intense, authentic worship. When we are most satisfied with God in suffering, he will be most glorified in us in worship. Our problem is not styles of music. Our problem is styles of life. When we embrace more affliction for the worth... John Piper
Henry David Thoreau quote: "In what concerns you much, do not think that you have..."
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. Henry David Thoreau
Albert Einstein quote: "The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or..."
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. Albert Einstein
Nature is a hanging judge," goes an old saying. Many tragedies come from our physical and cognitive makeup. Our bodies are extraordinarily improbable arrangements of matter, with many ways for things to go wrong and only a few ways for things to go right. We are certain to die, and smart enough to know it. Our minds are adapted to a world that no longer exists, prone to misunderstandings correctable only by arduous education, and condemned to perplexity about the deepest questions we can... Steven Pinker
Are we not all flung into the world for no other purpose than to hate each other, and so to torture ourselves and one another? Leo Tolstoy
There's a man who is my brother, I just don't know his name, But I know his home and family, Because I know we feel the same, And it hurts me when he's hungry, Or when his children cry, I too am a father, That little one is mine. It's about time we begin it, To turn the world around, It's about time we start to make it, The dream we've always known, It's about time we start to live it, The family of man, It's about time, It's about changes, And it's about time, It's about you and me together,... John Denver
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi
You know that kind of quiver that trembles around through you when you are seeing something so strange and enchanting and wonderful that it is just a fearful joy to be alive and look at it; and you know how you gaze, and your lips turn dry and your breath comes short, but you wouldn't be anywhere but there, not for the world. Mark Twain

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