Short quotations about, world - Page 16

James W. Fulbright, March 27, 1964

We must dare to think “unthinkable”…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about “unthinkable things” because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops […]

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John Hope Franklin

We must get beyond textbooks, go ou…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths… and tell the world the glories of our journey. Great short quote and quotation by: John Hope Franklin ,

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We must make the world honest befor…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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Henry Miller, in a letter to Lawrence Durrell

We must not just be in the world an…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must not just be in the world and above the world, but also of the world. To love it for what it is… is the only task. Avoid it and you are lost. Loose yourself in it, and you are free. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Miller, in a letter to Lawrence […]

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J. M. Barrie

We never understand how little we n…

15 Feb , 2011  

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. Great short quote and quotation by: J. M. Barrie ,

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We owe a deep debt of gratitude to …

15 Feb , 2011  

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Horace, Satires

We rarely find anyone who can say h…

15 Feb , 2011  

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Great short quote and quotation by: Horace, Satires , Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC – 8 BC)

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We should often be ashamed of our f…

15 Feb , 2011  

We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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James Carroll, O Magazine, October 2002

We spend most of our time and energ…

15 Feb , 2011  

We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things?[but] there are times when we stop. We sit sill. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. Great short […]

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We would never learn to be patient …

15 Feb , 2011  

We would never learn to be patient if there were only joy in the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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South

Were there but one virtuous man in …

15 Feb , 2011  

Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him. Great short quote and quotation by: South ,

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Herman Melville, Moby Dick

Were this world an endless pain, an…

15 Feb , 2011  

Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville, Moby Dick , US novelist & sailor (1819 – […]

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