"Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd."
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"I'm using myself as a typical 20th century model as I'm trying to make sense out of the world around me."
"O world, as God has made it! All is beauty."
"The world and life's too big to pass for a dream"
"Man seeks his own good at the whole world's cost."
"Earth being so good, would heaven seem best?"
"In the morning of the world, When earth was nigher heaven than now."
"I know a mount, the gracious Sun perceives First when he visits, last, too, when he leaves The world; and, vainly favored, it repays The day-long glory of his steadfast gaze By no change of its large calm front of snow."
"Over my head his arm he flung, Against the world."
"Ah, books." Ziegler, smiling, came up behind me. "They bob like corks on an ocean. Float between worlds, messages in bottles."
"Some things are taken away from you, some you leave behind and some you carry with you, world without end."
"The world is what it is and won't be bargained with."
"I am assured at any rate Man's practically inexterminate. Someday I must go into that. There's always been an Ararat Where someone someone else begat To start the world all over at."
"It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others."
"I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world."
"First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms."
"When every action of yours is preceded by witnessing, then every move you make in this world becomes perfect and significant."
"Technology has made the world into a Village. Spirituality has made it into a Global Family."
"Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form."
"The problems in the world were made so that you don’t get stuck and attached to this world. You get stuck with this world even though there are so many problems. Imagine if there are no problems, then you will never want to leave this material world!"