If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it.
Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.
The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.
Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!_x000D_ _x000D_ You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled._x000D_ _x000D_ Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring_x000D_ _x000D_ The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
Six pints of bitter, said Ford Prefect. And quickly please, the world's about to end.
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.
In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
These flowers are like the pleasures of the world.
Between us, and Hell or Heaven, there is only life between the two, which is the most fragile thing in the world._x000D_ _x000D_ Variant: Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.
Act as if what you intend to manifest in life is already a reality. Eliminate thoughts of conditions, limitations, or the possibility of it not manifesting. If left undisturbed in your mind and in the mind of intention simultaneously, it will germinate in the physical world.
Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.
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