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This World Quotes by Alan Lightman
- In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as rigid and metallic as a…
- In this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in events not forecasted, happenings without…
- The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.
- The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
- If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.
- The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in atime of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world…
- In this world, time has three dimensions, like space. Just as an object may move in three perpendicular directions, corresponding to horizontal, vertical, and longitudinal,…
- Who would fare better in this world of fitful time? Those who have seen the future and live only one life? Or those who have…
- In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time." "They do not keep clocks in their houses. Instead,…
More This World Quotes
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price. — Mary Kay Ash
- Hmmm. See, in this world, Xirena, the Simi does what she wants and akri, he say, ‘Okay, Simi, whatever you want, Simi.’… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you? — Unknown Author
- I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the… — Ronald Reagan
- It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound… — Johann Arndt
- Beyond this world there are myriad worlds, thousands of inter-dimensional planes with different types of beings going through other cycles of existence.… — Frederick Lenz