Quotes About Worldly

He fears all worldly setback for there is nothing eternal in him.

Many people renounce the world because they can't find a satisfactory place in it, and almost any spiritual teaching can be used to justify a pathological lack of ambition. For someone who has not yet succeeded at anything and who probably fears failure, a doctrine that criticizes the search for worldly success can be very appealing. And devotion to a guru—a combination of love, gratitude, awe, and obedience—can facilitate an unhealthy return to childhood.

Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.

Success is a spiritual process, not a worldly one.

There is a glare about worldly success which is very apt to dazzle men's eyes.

La drept vorbind, singurii inÈ™i în stare s? se plictiseasc? pe lumea aceasta È™i care se c?l?toresc în lumea de apoi cu speranÈ›a c? vor avea parte de mai multe distracÈ›ii sunt zevzecii.

He who has set his heart exclusively upon the pursuit of worldly welfare is always i a hurry, for he has but a limited time at his disposal to reach, to grasp, and to enjoy it.

He who has set his heart exclusively upon the pursuit of worldly welfare is always in a hurry, for he has but a limited time at his disposal to reach, to grasp, and to enjoy it.

el pecado es el veneno que nos hace sentir cómodos con el mundo impío y con Satanás.

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.

The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos.

Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly and divine.

A holy life is not an ascetic, or gloomy or solitary life, but a life regulated by divine truth and faithful in Christian duty. It is living above the world while we are still in it.

most evangelical churches are filled with people who live very much like the world but look different from it. It should be exactly the opposite. We should look similar to those in our community but act differently.

Buddhist tradition, in fact, distinguishes two classes of people, the "common worldlings" and the "saints" (arya), who occupy two distinct planes of existence, respectively known as the "worldly" and the "supramudane." The saints alone are truly alive, while the worldlings just vegetate along in a sort of dull and aimless bewilderment. Not content with being born in the normal way, the saints have undergone a spiritual rebirth, which is technically known as "winning the path.

So passes away the glory of the world.

Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

[The devil] showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

The fashion of this world passeth away.

When you see this you will understand how people attempt to gain the world and, in the process, lose their soul.

Take a look at the people around you. Is there a single person among them who hasn't become addicted to those worldly feelings? Is there a single person who is not controlled by them, hungering for them, spending every minute of their waking life consciously or unconsciously seeking them? When you see this, you will understand how people attempt to gain the world and, in the process, lose their soul. For they live empty, soulless lives.

New York is just as provincial as anyone else.