- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.
- Nov 07, 2020
If the world is telling you you're successful, but you don't feel it, you might as well have failed.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.
- Forest
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- Nov 07, 2020
A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we die, our spirits go to the spirit world, and our bodies return to the elements of the earth until the resurrection.
- Sea
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In its exterior relations - abroad - this government is the sole and exclusive representative of the united majesty, sovereignty, and power of the States, constituting this great and glorious Union. To the rest of the world, we are one. Neither State nor State government is known beyond our borders. Within, it is different.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to the will of man and have been made subservient to his wants and enjoyments; I allude to steam and electricity, under whatever name the latter may be called.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
He gave us the lakes for our Northern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the seas upon whose waters floats our commerce to the nations of the world; while man has done all that can be done by science to bind us together.
- Misunderstood
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- Nov 07, 2020