By 'happiness' I do not mean worldly success or outside approval, though it would be priggish to deny that both these things… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Too much I've seen, and felt, and lov'd in life, Living I come to seek Lethaean calm; Let me, fair scenes! forget… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“Besides the Self [Soul], what is everything else? It is all worldly interactions (vyavahar). And worldly interaction is dependent on the non-Self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not… — William Law Copy Share Image
I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A country doesn't need a businessman to run it: it needs a heartful, worldly, compassionate leader. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
She lives a sophisticate's life among worldly people. At the slightest excuse she steps out of civilization, naked and relieved, as I… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Could it be that first love was the only true love? And that after those first fires had been doused or burned… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations… — Richardson Wright Copy Share Image
When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small… — Tejomayananda Copy Share Image
“The knowledge, which makes you ‘emotional’, is worldly awareness. True awareness does not make you ‘emotional’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think about how I conceptualize the audience. The trick is that they've got to be smarter and more worldly than me.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“Vitragta [a state of freedom from all worldly attachments] is the only way to ‘swim’ across lifetimes.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It is a mournful fact that most men, and indeed all men of worldly character, have so much regard to public opinion… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
As adults, if our top priorities are constantly directed toward the acquisition of more and better worldly goods, it will not take… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Some people thought I was crazy to have let go of all the worldly things I had "achieved." They didn't understand that… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness. Practice the path of meditation and compassion. Awaken from… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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