Quotes about the world page 39
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.”
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
Vol. 3, Ch. IX, State-Tamperings with Money and Banks
Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative (1891)
“Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
As quoted in The Ring of Truth (2004) by Joseph O'Day
Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volume 1, Chapter 2 "Of the Union and Internal Prosperity of the Roman Empire, in the Age of the Antonines" http://www.ccel.org/ccel/gibbon/decline/files/volume1/chap2.htm. The portion regarding the views of the religions of the time taken by various constituencies has been misreported as Gibbon's own assessment of religion generally. See Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (1990), pp. 34–35.<br>The bold text has been misattributed to Lucretius and Seneca the Younger. <br class="br">The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776) <br class="br">Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire <br class="br">Context: The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. <br class="br">Context: The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.<br>The superstition of the people was not embittered by any mixture of theological rancour; nor was it confined by the chains of any speculative system. The devout polytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted with implicit faith the different religions of the earth. Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually disposed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors. The thin texture of the Pagan mythology was interwoven with various but not discordant materials.
“You showed me what it was like to love. What the world could be like, if”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: The Kill
“Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”
Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist
Source: Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies
“Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
“The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.”
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary
Source: The Mark of a Man
“I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
“In this totally dark world, you can't live unless you're needed by someone.”
Hotaru Odagiri Japanese mangaka and illustrator
“There's all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards.”
Jennifer Weiner (1970) American writer
Source: Best Friends Forever
Howard Gardner (1943) American developmental psychologist
Howard Gardner (1983), "Multiple approaches to understanding," in: Charles M. Reigeluth (ed.) Instructional-design Theories and Models: A new paradigm of ..., Volume 2. p. 69-90
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
Glen Cook book Shadows Linger
Source: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 33, “Juniper: The Encounter” (p. 367)
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Misattributed
Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance
Source: A Fine Balance
“All I ever wanted was a world without maps.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
Source: The English Patient
“Being able to do what you wish is the best thing in the world!”
Shiro Amano (1976) Japanese manga artist
Source: Kingdom Hearts, Vol. 1
“Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.”
Tove Jansson book Moominpappa at Sea
Source: Moominpappa at Sea
“Go without hate, but not without rage. Heal the world.”
Paul Monette (1945–1995) American writer
“Even the best thief in the world can't steal time.”
Ally Carter book Heist Society
Source: Heist Society
“My mother groaned, my father wept,
into the dangerous world I leapt.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: Huntress
“When someone changes your world, that's when you know he's important to you.”
Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist
Howard Thurman (1899–1981) American writer
As quoted in Violence Unveiled (1996) by Gil Bailie, p. xv
Variant: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Source: The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman: A Visionary for Our Time
“It was a secret time and place, you next to me, untraceable and out of this world.”
Daniel Handler book Why We Broke Up
Source: Why We Broke Up
“He’s my whole world.”
“Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Jim Harrison (1937–2016) American novelist, poet, essayist
Source: Songs of Unreason
Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero
Variant: My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.
Source: The Lost Hero
“The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.”
Esther M. Friesner (1951) American writer
Source: Nobody's Princess
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
“Ideals of College” http://books.google.com/books?id=_VYEIml1cAkC&pg=PA15&dq=%22You+are+not+here+merely%22, Swarthmore (25 October 1913)<!--PWW 28:439-442--> <br class="br">1910s <br class="br">Context: You are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.
Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Variant: He suddenly recalled from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split then in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking one another. Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“You could have anything else in the world. and you asked for me.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Glass
Source: City of Glass
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: Horns
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
James Redfield book The Celestine Prophecy
Source: The Celestine Prophecy
Assata Shakur (1947) American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
Variant: Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.
Source: Assata: An Autobiography
“I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles
Source: The Song of Achilles
Wilkie Collins book The Moonstone
[Street, 1868] ( p. 86 https://books.google.com/books?id=sAqXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA82) <br class="br">Also in Soulsalsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Century https://books.google.com/books?id=E2S3nWp-lAgC&pg=PT61 by Leonard Sweet [Zondervan, 2009, ISBN 0-310-83380-9] <br class="br">Source: The Moonstone (1868)
