True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I call worldly or earthly those whose minds and hearts are fixed on a tiny portion of this world they live in,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a living; but the science which teacheth deliverance… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are minerals called hydrophanous, which are not transparent till they are immersed in water, when they become so; as the hydrophane,… — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Copy Share Image
There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. — Harry Blamires Copy Share Image
To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial -… — Etta James Copy Share Image
The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
No price is too great to pay for inner peace. Peace is the harmonious control of life. It is vibrant with life-energy.… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“If you are visiting someone and his wife feeds you a wonderful meal, you should be grateful but you should not wish… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
“There aren’t any ‘relative’ (worldly) things that is worth inviting. So what is worth inviting? The ‘place’ where we have to go… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Spiritual knowledge is like a house built in the midst of secular and pagan knowledge, in which there is laid up, like… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain; if thou hast lost… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“The saints have to ‘drink poison’ (worldly suffering) and the world has to ‘drink nectar’ (worldly pleasures). Because people are weak.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Life's irony is that as soon as worldly goods and worldly success are of no concern to you, the way is open… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I think I'm attracted to the mystics, to seeing needs in the world. I'm attracted to caring for people who are disenfranchised.… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
