"Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?"
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"All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world"
"Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities."
"Judgment means that you view the world as you are, rather than as it is."
"Every burned book enlightens the world."
"Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world."
"Just as a satisfaction of instinct spells happiness for us, so severe suffering is caused us if the external world lets us starve, if it refuses to sate our needs. One may therefore hope to be freed from a part of one's sufferings by influencing the instinctual impulses."
"Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world."
"The world is absolutely out of control now and is not going to be saved by any reason or unreason."
"There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you."
"It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most."
"In charity, every little bit works. You can't change the world. You can't do everything. But you sure try to bring awareness and do as much as you can."
"The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are."
"You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go."
"It is your mind that creates the world."
"Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn't find anybody else who felt as I did."
"We have the power, knowledge, and equipment to build a world beyond our wonder. Only loss of nerve can defeat us."
"The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank."
"One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another."
"You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me."