Worldly Quotes

379 quotes by 293 authors

There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed… — Al-Ghazali
The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise, to what we fear of… — William Shakespeare
Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy… — William Shakespeare
For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality. As a result… — Sogyal Rinpoche
So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing… — Michael Kirby
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language. — Frederick Buechner
Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very… — Josemaria Escriva
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When involved… — Milarepa
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all… — Pope Benedict XVI
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly. — J.R.R. Tolkien
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be had in listening… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small achievements in worldly… — Tejomayananda
Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of… — Georges Bernanos
Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes… — Jean de la Bruyere
Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe — Lahiri Mahasaya
Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family.… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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