Quotes About World

Like most visionaries, he's not particularly observant of the material world.

Every person according to his light, said Ames You must help the world express itself. Use will make your powers endure...

all beauty were passing, and you were given these things to hold in your arms before the world slipped away, would you give them up?

It wasn't real conservatism at all, of course, but an unthought longing for the dear old days when one could predict what would be there tomorrow, if not next week. Unable to get the big picture, they welcomed the conveniences, the miniaturization of this and the speed of that, and then they were angrily confused when their support of these things changed their world.

Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.

Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.

May we find ways to live more simply in order to have more time and energy to change the system of injustice that exists in the world.

Our senses are our windows to the world, and sometimes the wind blows through them and disturbs everything within us. Some of us leave our windows open all the time, allowing the sights and sounds of the world to invade us, penetrate us, and expose our sad, troubled selves.

El mundo necesita nuestra felicidad.

If monks and nuns do not cherish their time of practice, they will have nothing to offer the world.

Con comprensión y compasión serás capaz de curar las heridas de tu corazón y las del mundo.

The teaching of the Buddha relieves us of suffering. The basis of suffering is ignorance about the true nature of self and of the world around you. When you don't understand, you are afraid, and your fear brings you much suffering. That is why the offering of nonfear is the best kind of gift you can give, to yourself and to anyone else.

With understanding and compassion, you will be able to heal the wounds in your heart, and the wounds in the world.

If Bodhidharma is the ideal man, it is because his image is that of a hero who has broken the chains of illusion that enclose man in the world of emotions. The hammer that is used to break these chains is the practice of Zen.

When Georges St-Pierre retired and Jon Jones was absent, I had Jose Aldo, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. That's how highly I think of him.

I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism, around the world and here as well.

My own personal conviction is that if I were writing without thinking about how images or how journalism is creating a world for us, I would not be happy about it.

I have this sort of heuristic view that journalism, we possibly offer hope because the world is clearly run by total nincompoops more than ever... Not that journalism is always wonderful - it's not - but at least we offer some way out, some integrity.

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.

People are born with the ability to make judgments. And they can't help but use the information they have to divine something about the world they're in. Making categorical judgments, in large, helps our society.

I grew up in a small, old-school Catholic world, imprinted with an above-average number of categories and judgments.

Do not read 'Hard Choices' if you seek a nuanced analysis of the people who run the world's foreign policy, let alone any juicy gossip.