World Quotes - Page 564

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One.

The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.

Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

People can care about changing the world. But what gets them to act is pressure and social reward.

Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.

If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask... with nothing beneath it?

You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.

Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.

Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world.

[I'm inspired by ] courageous young people who take a stand and go into the field to serve; really old people who see that every minute of life is to be lived fully and compassionately; and so many between this world and that world.

Benedictine spirituality is a consistent one: live life normally, live life thouhtfully, live life profouncly, live life well. Never neglect and never exaggerate. It is a lesson that a world full of cults and fads and workaholics and short courses in difficult subjects needs dearly to learn.

There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.

Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the populations of several nations around the world and exploring all aspects of life there.

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.