- Francis
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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
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole world feels that it knows Francis, not so much because he follows Francis of Assisi but because he is always himself. We have seen him pay his own hotel bill and heard that Francis called Buenos Aires for a pair of ordinary black shoes, like John XXIII, who preferred stout peasant shoes to the traditional papal footwear.
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been fond of my heritage, particularly my Irish heritage. But I'm also from all over the world.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
- Filtering
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wider world is a click away, but whether we mean to or not, we're usually filtering it out.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A world where everyone creates content gets confusing pretty quickly without a good search engine.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', because I believe it's the truth.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
- Miracles
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- Nov 07, 2020
In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.
- Coastline
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- Nov 07, 2020