Seeing the world Quote by Leland Melvin

“Here the earth, as if to prove its immensity, empties itself. Gertrude Stein said: 'In the United States there is more space where nobody…

— William Least Heat-Moon

“Everyone has a place. If we do not realize this we are not living in an inclusive world. Divisions are created by fear, anger…

— Independent Zen

“When you are taught that there are no boundaries and the world can be a better place, sometimes you just can’t see it any…

— Jennifer Nalbone

“In a world obsessed with borders, I found my home not in places, but in the spaces between them, where cultures converge and identities…

— Camellia Yang

I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.

— Christa McAuliffe

“From space I saw Earth, indescribably beautiful with the scars of national boundaries gone.”

— Muhammed Ahmed Faris

I think there is something about countries and nations that is hard to define. And, in fact, that's probably why we create such massive…

— Wangechi Mutu

“Respecting differences while gaining insight into our essential connected-ness, we can free ourselves from the impulse to rigidly categorize the world in terms of…

— Sharon Salzberg

“I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their…

— Michael Collins

“Borders may divide us, but, paradoxically, they're also the places where we're nearest to one another.”

— Ken Jennings

“The world really isn’t a very big place. The air we breathe, the water we drink and the earth we stand upon are connected…

— Eleanor Brownn

“I still think that the greater part of the world is mistaken about many things. Surely one may be sane and yet think so,…

— George Eliot