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Worlds Quotes (page 212)

There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble."(The Mill) Anton Chekhov
Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world. Lao Tzu
The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this temptation, from Spartacus to Danton and Dostoevsky; they are the classical form of betrayal of the cause. The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. As long as chaos dominates the world, God is an anachronism; and every compromise with one’s own conscience is perfidy. When the accursed inner voice speaks to... Arthur Koestler
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that the racist folks of Arizona have officially declared, in banning me alongside Urrea, Baca, and Castillo, that their anti-immigration laws are also anti-Indian. I’m also strangely pleased that the folks of Arizona have officially announced their fear of an educated underclass. You give those brown kids some books about brown folks and what happens? Those brown... Sherman Alexie
Robert Musil quote: "And what would you do, ... if you could rule the world for a..."
And what would you do, ... if you could rule the world for a day? I suppose I would have no choice but to abolish reality. Robert Musil
William James quote: "If you can change your mind you can change the world!"
If you can change your mind you can change the world! William James
Agatha Christie quote: "I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days..."
I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right. Agatha Christie
Lewis Carroll quote: "The world is but a Thought," said he: "The vast unfathomable..."
The world is but a Thought," said he: "The vast unfathomable sea Is but a Notion—unto me. Lewis Carroll
Don DeLillo quote: "The truth of the world is exhausting."
The truth of the world is exhausting. Don DeLillo
What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. John Knowles
I suppose it's comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare to inflict. Chuck Palahniuk
Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing technological world and as a result. The mainstream hasn’t excluded SF; the mainstream has excluded itself. No one told Jules Verne he was a science fiction writer, but he invented the 20th century. Walter Mosley
In this treacherous world. Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color. Of the crystal through which one sees it Pedro Calderon de la Barca
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. C. S. Lewis
Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Neil Gaiman

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