Quotes About Worldview

Worldview is not based on books; it is an internal form, which at times in a person with little education is expressed much more brightly, than in some other intellectual or scientist.

Quoting Scripture texts is different than shaping a worldview around them.

In the inscriptions of Darius I, who came to the Persian throne after the death of Cyrus's son Cambyses in 522 BCE, we find a combination of three themes that would recur in the ideology of all successful empires: a dualistic worldview that pits the good of empire against evildoers who oppose it; a doctrine of election that sees the ruler as a divine agent; and a mission to save the world.

we find a combination of three themes that would recur in the ideology of all successful empires: a dualistic worldview that pits the good of empire against evildoers who oppose it; a doctrine of election that sees the ruler as a divine agent; and a mission to save the world.128

Philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.

In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.

Man must choose his world

Male friends do not always face each other; they stand side by side, facing the world.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.

All the world over, the picturesque yields to the pocketesque.

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

When one has seen something of the world and human nature, one must conclude, after all, that between people in like stations of life there is very little difference the world over.

Conservatives try to adjust their behavior to fit the facts of nature. Liberals try to adjust the facts of nature to fit their behavior.

The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.

Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of human responsibility.

The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not enough" to the positive frame of aligning with Nature.

I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe.

I have no patience with anyone born after World War II. You have to explain everything to these people.