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World Quotes by Diane Ackerman
- As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes…
- As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in…
- In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute…
- There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the…
- A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us…
- We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net…
- We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
- Happiness doesn't require laughter, only well-being and a sense that the world is breaking someone else's heart, not mine.
- When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.
- Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they hone thoughts, they…
- ...for most people in the [Jewish] Ghetto [of Warsaw] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or greenery existed in the Ghetto --…
- To begin to understand the gorgeous fever that is consciousness, we must try to understand the senses and what they can tell us about the…
- When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so…
- Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.
- Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually…
- When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and…
- Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between…
More World Quotes
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Being a honest n nice person is most difficult thing in this world. As nobody likes the company of a person that… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Only two Persons In The World Can Tell The Truth About you , . 1) A Dear one Who Is Angry On… — Ritu Ghatourey
- I learned one most important thing in my life. That nonody in this whole world can understand you correctly. Except yourself. — Anurag Prakash Ray