Quotes About World

And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. – 1 John 5:4

Faith is the victory! Faith is the victory! O glorious victory, that overcomes the world.

His final rejection lasted only three days and he broke out of the tomb victorious. This is the Christ who calls on all the suffering people of the world to throw away all that enslaves them as he did and start to live a life of victory, asserting their full dignity and equality in the world.

Yet in a world where personal commitment in all of its forms seems to be shattering and love has become a matter of convenience, they both felt this remarkable tale was worth the telling.

Elijah's example reminds us that God has left us on earth to influence the world, not to isolate ourselves from it.

A sensible way to begin a discussion of that greater good is to focus on the current conditions within the human family and on the state of the larger living world.

Jokes are funny only in context. There is no such thing as abstract clever word play. Words have meaning in the world in which we live, not in the abstract. Take away the politics, and there is no joke. The joke wouldn't make any sense. if the joke is funny, it's funny precisely because it's racist and sexist.

Perceptions of the world and of other actors diverge from reality in patterns that we can detect and for reasons that we can understand.

Rabbi Heschel replied: "I would say: Let them remember that there is a meaning beyond absurdity. Let them be sure that every little deed counts, that every word has power, and that we can—every one—do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments. And above all, remember that the meaning of life is to build a life as if it were a work of art.

The problem of doing better in the modern world, as I see it, is this: How can people perform better in, and be better served by, institutions—especially large ones?

with maturity one's world becomes the limitless sphere of people, ideas, and events which each of us influences by each thought, word, and deed; and each of us, in turn, is open to receive influence

do to make my setting the most fertile ground in the world for the growth of talent?

That Light "enlightens every man that comes into the world, and . . . strives with the children of men, and will continue to strive with them, until it brings them to a knowledge of the truth and the possession of the greater light and testimony of the Holy Ghost."15

How well we transform ourselves from men living our lives under the power of Boy psychology to real men guided by the archetypes of Man psychology will have a decisive effect on the outcome of our present world situation.

The golden ratio is a reminder of the relatedness of the created world to the perfection of its source and of its potential future evolution.

The Marines looked away. It was not that they were shy. It was just that they were embarrassed. They felt awkward in their clumsy habiliments of war. They felt heavy with themselves and their world, as though they had blundered into some Eden which had not known the serpent.

There wasn't any harm in these people; they were only average. Most of their bad thoughts came out of fear, and to tell the truth, that's what causes most of the troubles in the world.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

The Führermuseum, the most spectacular art museum in history, culled from the riches of the entire world, gave that pursuit a defining rationale.

how could one of the most important and unbelievable moments in art history—not to mention the history of a world war—simply become a forgotten footnote? But that's exactly what happened.

Today they are the symbols of the human spirit, and of the world the freedom of the human spirit made.…

There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.

Evil is everywhere and nowhere at the same time these days. You only have to read the papers to know there's no escaping it.

The world had been constructed along bloody lines, of that there was no doubt, and it remained a puzzle at least as baffling as the unified field theory he had been seeking so long.