Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
Interpretation
Focus on a broader perspective that encompasses the world rather than just yourself.
This quote encourages individuals to adopt a vision that is inclusive and expansive, urging them to think beyond their personal interests and concerns. It highlights the importance of empathy and a global perspective, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from caring for the world and humanity at large, rather than being limited by self-centered thinking.
In practice
Use this quote in a motivational speech about community service and social responsibility.
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
The complexity of the connection between the world of perception and the world of physics does not preclude that such a connection can be shown to exist at any time.
If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing.
Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. It was deeper and more intimate that the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic, the fear of the forest, and of the forces of nature, malevolent, red in tooth and claw. Okonkwoβs fear was greater than these. It was not external but lay deep within himself.
Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.
What is left over if I subtract the fact that my arms goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?
There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.
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