Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
It's hard to be shocking now. It's hard to challenge people because the Internet has allowed everyone to become much more worldly,… — Guido Palau 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
“We' too are carrying out 'our' worldly obligations, but how do 'we' do it? Without the sense of 'I-ness' (aham) and 'my-ness'… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see… — Plato Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness… — Peter J. Gomes Copy Share Image
I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of… — Asaram Copy Share Image
The brotherhood of men does not imply their equality. Families have their fools and their men of genius, their black sheep and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
“Those who believe the worldly life interactions (vyavahaar) to be the real/true; developed high blood pressure, heart attacks and other such ailments.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
Man ever talks, and Man ever dreams Of better days that are yet to be, After glittering goal, that distant gleams, Running… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Guilt is imposed by others on you. It is a strategy of the priests to exploit. It is a conspiracy between the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It may be said that myths give to the transcendent reality an immanent, this-worldly objectivity. Myths speak about gods and demons as… — Rudolf Bultmann Copy Share Image
The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil… — Rumi 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
I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that… — Kiana Tom Copy Share Image
A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work. — Nick Robinson Copy Share Image
When the mind is full of worldly desires, it is their very nature to confuse the mind. Withdraw the mind from outer… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
“I don't have what it takes to inspire someone to become a "worldly" musician or rapper! I can't use the power God… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Worldly life means [state of continuous] agitation and uneasiness. What makes one like it, it is a wonder in itself!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And… — Thomas Chatterton Copy Share Image
“Nothing worldly will ever become the Self (the Soul). The Self [the Soul] will never become worldly. Both are separate things.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Men there are, who having quite done with the world, all its merely worldly contents are become so far indifferent, that they… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
To a worldly man, a God-intoxicated person will appear mad and he will laugh at him, But to the God-intoxicated man, the… — Sathya Sai Baba 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
Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. Divine love is like the sky - limitless, infinite.… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image