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Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.
Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.
They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.
Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.
The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable.
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
The world that you can go walk outside and walk around the block. That's reality. The reality that's being talked about is something else entirely.
I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I feel now I have only just begun.
Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.
I didn't want to be a woman photographer. That would limit me. I wanted to be a photographer who was a woman, with all the world open to my camera.
TV is part of your life - it makes you feel connected to the rest of the world - as opposed to someone else's perspective crushed into a few hours.
This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
We deny our Lord whenever, like Demas, we through love of this present world forsake the course of duty which Christ has plainly pointed out to us.
I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.
The only goal of science is the honour of the human spirit, and a question in number theory is worth a question concerning the system of the world.
For great many species today, fitness means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.
The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires.
Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.
There are worse things you can do to the people you love than kill them. The regular way is just to watch the world do it. Just read the newspaper.
His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!
When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.
He thought what a fine thing it was that people made music all over the world, even in the strangest settings – probably even on polar expeditions.
China has to understand America wants to trade with them. We want a world that's stable. We like free enterprise, but you got to play by the rules.
In a world where for pedagogic and other purposes a very large number of economists is required, an arrangement which discourages many of them from
If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road.
Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.
The world that is in me is the only world I have by which to grasp the world outside and as I write fiction, it is the chart by which I must steer.
As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.
Such creatures of accident are we, liable to a thousand deaths before we are born. But once we are here, we may create our own world, if we choose.
It feels amazing to just be here and be able to share my jokes with the world. It's not so much about being a girl, it's about being a funny comic.
Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.
Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.
Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.
Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.
I think we will never find ultimate happiness. But I see a world of peace, harmony, laughter, love and non-violence and the elimination of poverty.
Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".
We will act to build a better world. We always have, we always will. We will act to lend a helping hand, not just here but wherever we humanly can.
I think one of the most fertile, unexplored areas for poets and fiction writers is the world of science. I become overwhelmed by the science world.
I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else's understanding.
When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.
If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business—you have a job. And it’s the worst job in the world because you’re working for a lunatic!
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull newspaper!'
I've lost six different times. You can't say, 'Well, he lost, that's the end of the world.' You have to say, 'Okay, you lost, what did we do wrong?