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