Worldly Quotes

379 quotes by 287 authors

You should have only one intense desire within yourself: Have I become the spirit? Have I achieved my ultimate? Have I risen above the worldly… — Nirmala Srivastava
So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your… — Nirmala Srivastava
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires,… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in… — Milarepa
My father, who educated his children on worldly principles, gave us much money, considering our age; not in order that we might spend it, but,… — George Muller
I grew up on Stephen King, reading the books. I love the small town, 1950s feel to it, that nostalgia, and that old America. What… — Unknown Author
Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general… — Max Weber
Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics,… — Madonna Ciccone
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked… — Thomas Steinbeck
I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood different cultures and had a more… — Tony Hawk
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values… — Michael Leunig
My mom, she was, at a young age, caught up in the worldly ways. At that time, it was very intriguing to be out partying… — Amar'e Stoudemire
A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work. — Nick Robinson
God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as… — Mohammed Omar
So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth… — Thomas Hooker
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great… — Donald G. Mitchell
Today I will speak about love. What is love? How can one get love? Why should one get it? There are two kinds of love.… — Prem Rawat
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a greedy miser in love with your wealth; if you have… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib

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