--- title: "8 Western People Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Western People quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Western People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/sir-john-woodroffe-79871_obscenity_western-people-often-see-obscenity-where_100516.png" --- > [Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-john-woodroffe/western-people-often-see-obscenity-where-there-is-only-symbolism/) [Sir John Woodroffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-john-woodroffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/sir-john-woodroffe-79871_obscenity_western-people-often-see-obscenity-where_100516.png) > [“Westereners often think that the East is one vast Buddhist temple, which is rather like thinking the West is one vast Carthusian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is-one-vast-buddhist-temple/) [Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/daniel-quinn-1786_buddhism_westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is_269299.png) > [In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malala-yousafzai/in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t-necessarily-call-them/) [Malala Yousafzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malala-yousafzai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/malala-yousafzai-808_character_in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t_653259.png) > [“The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of regulation of public health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/the-biggest-enemy-of-western-people-is-not-war-or-terrorism-it-is/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/steven-magee-129_biggest_the-biggest-enemy-of-western-people-is-n_672776.jpg) > [“There's a spirit to the western people, that is unique in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolas-schreck/there-s-a-spirit-to-the-western-people-that-is-unique-in-the-world/) [Nikolas Schreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolas-schreck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/nikolas-schreck-38788_religion_there-s-a-spirit-to-the-western-people-t_843686.png) > [“Whether we are willing to acknowledge it or not, the Western conception of human rights is really about the practices of other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gibney/whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it-or-not-the-western/) [Mark Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gibney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/mark-gibney-68376_human-rights_whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it_1406261.jpg) > [That's something that I'm trying to do in my work, to send a message to western people. They're the ones who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-in-my-work-to-send-a-message/) [Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/marina-abramovic-1502_disconnected_that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-i_2038241.jpg) > [“a culture, we will begin to discern which of these approaches and their many variants will have the most impact with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/a-culture-we-will-begin-to-discern-which-of-these-approaches-and/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/timothy-keller-240_educated-people_a-culture-we-will-begin-to-discern-which_2670032.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/western-people/#itemlist", "name": "Western People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sir John Woodroffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-john-woodroffe/western-people-often-see-obscenity-where-there-is-only-symbolism/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/sir-john-woodroffe-79871_obscenity_western-people-often-see-obscenity-where_100516.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/sir-john-woodroffe-79871_obscenity_western-people-often-see-obscenity-where_100516.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/sir-john-woodroffe-79871_obscenity_western-people-often-see-obscenity-where_100516.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism.” — Sir John Woodroffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Westereners often think that the East is one vast Buddhist temple, which is rather like thinking the West is one vast Carthusian monastery. If the [Western people who like Buddhism] were to visit the East, he'd certainly experience many new things, but he'd find first, that the food is under lock and key and second, that humans are considered to be a miserable, destructive, greedy lot, just as they are in the West.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Quinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is-one-vast-buddhist-temple/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/daniel-quinn-1786_buddhism_westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is_269299.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/daniel-quinn-1786_buddhism_westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is_269299.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/daniel-quinn-1786_buddhism_westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is_269299.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Westereners often think that the East is one vast Buddhist temple, which is rather like thinking the West is…” — Daniel Quinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malala Yousafzai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malala-yousafzai/in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t-necessarily-call-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/malala-yousafzai-808_character_in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t_653259.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/malala-yousafzai-808_character_in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t_653259.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/malala-yousafzai-808_character_in-countries-other-than-pakistan-i-won-t_653259.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. 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One reason Western people have adopted this worldview is that it tends to make us look good. But another possible reason might be that our 'wrongs' might not be 'international wrongs' after all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Gibney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gibney/whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it-or-not-the-western/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/mark-gibney-68376_human-rights_whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it_1406261.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/mark-gibney-68376_human-rights_whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it_1406261.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/mark-gibney-68376_human-rights_whether-we-are-willing-to-acknowledge-it_1406261.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whether we are willing to acknowledge it or not, the Western conception of human rights is really about the…” — Mark Gibney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's something that I'm trying to do in my work, to send a message to western people. They're the ones who are completely disconnected.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marina Abramovic" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-in-my-work-to-send-a-message/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/marina-abramovic-1502_disconnected_that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-i_2038241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/marina-abramovic-1502_disconnected_that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-i_2038241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/marina-abramovic-1502_disconnected_that-s-something-that-i-m-trying-to-do-i_2038241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's something that I'm trying to do in my work, to send a message to western people. 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But when he was turned out of the congregation, he went to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on the American frontier, where he preached often to a congregation that included many Native Americans. Edwards’s sermons changed dramatically. Of course, they changed in content — they became simpler. He made fewer points and labored at establishing basic theological concepts. But in addition, he changed his very way of reasoning. He used more stories, parables, and metaphors. He made more use of narrative and insight and less use of syllogistic reasoning. 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