Worldly Quotes

379 Worldly quotes by 287 unique authors

The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed… — Unknown Author
The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom or fashion or… — Thomas Paine
Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly and divine. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
There are things which happen through effort, and there are things which happen only through effortlessness. There are things which will never happen through effort,… — Rajneesh
Spiritual seeking means knowing this negative part: that desiring is the root cause of frustration. To desire is to create, of one`s own accord, a… — Rajneesh
Remember remain alert that you don't get too much attached to the accidental - and all is accidental except your consciousness. Except your awareness, all… — Rajneesh
People, when they are frustrated with worldly desires, start changing the object: they start making otherworldly objects of desire - heaven, paradise, and all the… — Rajneesh
Those otherworldly desires were just as foolish as the worldly desires. — Rajneesh
Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none — David Brainerd
Life's irony is that as soon as worldly goods and worldly success are of no concern to you, the way is open for them to… — Neale Donald Walsch
The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the… — Meher Baba
I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Sometimes, if we are faced with obstacles, be they tangible or not, such as jealousy, worldly sentiment, greed, hatred or obsession, etc., there is no… — Ching Hai
God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness. — Kenneth Myers
While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands. — Ibn Arabi
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

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