"We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act."
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"All over this world people are standing up for freedom."
"...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness."
"Because we love something else more than this world, we love even this world more than those who know no other."
"Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel."
"This world, I am afraid, is designed for crashing bores."
"No one will ever get anywhere in this world unless he becomes a teacher, one who can show others how to do things."
"I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another."
"It is now, and in this world, that we must live."
"The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft."
"Love can be seeing that here we are and there's this world here."
"The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it."
"You can be effective in this world without stress."
"Get leave to work In this world,--'tis the best you get at all."
"Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."
"What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?"
"Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141)."
"Nothing in this world happens by chance"
"Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted."
"This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options."