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World Quotes - Page 175

Materialism is toxic to happiness, and we are losing our connection to the natural world.

Materialism is toxic to happiness, and we are losing our connection to the natural world.

"Book World: 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World'". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 29, 2008.

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.52, Moody Publishers

The Sun-Paul must consider only one thing: what is the relation of this or that external reaction of the animal to the phenomena of the external world?

"Scientific Study of So-Called Psychical Processes in the Higher Animals". Book by Ivan Pavlov, 1906.

Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?

'Opticks' (1730 ed.) bk. 3, pt. 1, qu. 28

Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God as a radical alternative to all versions of the kingdom of the world, whether they declare themselves to be "under God" or not.

Gregory A. Boyd (2007). “The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church”, p.102, Zondervan

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

It's a big world, and I really like it.

George Saunders (2012). “The Brain-Dead Megaphone”, p.55, A&C Black