world Quotes

“The world of the happy is quite another than that of the unhappy.”

― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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“Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

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“But the world itself, what exists around us and inside of us, is never one-sided.”

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

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“We have no reason to harbor any mistrust against our world, for it is not against us. If it has terrors, they are our terrors; if it has abysses, these abysses belong to us; if there are dangers, we must try to love them.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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“Yet, tens of thousands of trained terrorists are still at large. These enemies view the entire world as a battlefield, and we must pursue them wherever they are.”

― George W. Bush, State of the Union Address

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“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.”

― Martin Luther, Table Talk

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“I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, for grander failures. I want the whole world to be out of whack, I want everyone to scratch himself to death.”

― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

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“What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.”

― Bob Dylan, Chronicles

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“For the moment I can think of nothing—except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.”

― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

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