"Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain."
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"It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region."
"Every secret gets known to the world."
"Change the world today. Start with the next person you meet."
"The world must know what happened, and never forget."
"We're all responsible for creating a polio-free world while we still can."
"It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized."
"Liberty? Why it doesn't exist. There is no liberty in this world, just gilded cages."
"How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level."
"The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it."
"But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world."
"If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it."
"The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself."
"At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes."
"Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!"
"God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe."
"Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger."
"We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all."
"The world has not gone one step beyond idolatry yet."
"Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea."