Worldly Quotes

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.

There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly.

Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

Islam as a religion focuses primarily on the immutable aspects of life and existence, whereas a political system concerns only social aspects of our worldly life.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.

I dreamt of worldly success once.

If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in this worldly life, and indeed have worked for your betterment.

Those otherworldly desires were just as foolish as the worldly desires.

All worldly joys are less than that one joy of doing kindnesses.

Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed atheist, you lean back and miss all the richness of that history.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Amidst the rush of worldly comings and goings, I observe how all endings become beginnings

Nothing is sadder than the consequences of having worldly standards without worldly means.

I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless.

Joining the Sangha and renouncing worldly life is necessary in order to devote your whole life and all your energies toward the Dharma.

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

somehow one must love the world without being worldly.