Worldly Quotes

379 quotes by 287 authors

But I plucked a new, different, worldly soul for myself -- maybe a soul I found in the spray thrown up by the surge of… — Alexandra Fuller
We can only escape from the world by outgrowing the world. Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take the… — Manly Hall
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell… — Charlie Munger
Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or… — Edith Stein
To a worldly man, a God-intoxicated person will appear mad and he will laugh at him, But to the God-intoxicated man, the worldly appear insane,… — Sathya Sai Baba
One of the greatest challenges for all of us is to learn how to live in the world without participating in all that it offers.… — Donald L. Staheli
No worldly pursuit compares to the joy of experiencing the change of one soul from death to life. — Dillon Burroughs
In the history of a soulâ€™s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go… — Virchand Gandhi
A poetâ€™s freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but… — Walter Martin
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality.… — Rudolf Arnheim
Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves. — Alain de Botton
O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea. — Samuel Wilberforce
A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result. — Marianne Williamson
It is a mournful fact that most men, and indeed all men of worldly character, have so much regard to public opinion that they dare… — Charles Grandison Finney
What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But whoever lets go… — Rama Swami
As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical pain,… — Clifford Geertz
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs and half a candle, One old jug without a handle- These were all… — Edward Lear
The will of a wealthy New York woman, in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children, left them the following advice: Love one… — James Keller
You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. — Norbert of Xanten

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