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“In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a gray misty realm of clouds and icy winds, to wander cheerlessly throughout eternity.”

Source: CONAN THE BARBARIAN SERIES – Complete Collection (Fantasy & Action-Adventure Classics): Pre-historic world of dark magic and savagery - 20 books about the Cimmerian Barbarian, Thief, Pirate and Eventual King of Aquilonia During the pre-Ice Age, Hyborian Age, Featuring a Poem and an Essay

“I can't quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world's problems.”

Source: The Benchley Roundup

“Were a stranger to drop on a sudden into this world, I would show him, as a specimen of its ills, a hospital full of diseases, a prison crowded with malefactors and debtors, a field of battle strewed with carcasses, a fleet foundering in the ocean, a nation languishing under tyranny, famine, or pestilence. To turn the gay side of life to him, and give him a notion of its pleasures; whither should I conduct him? to a ball, to an opera, to court? He might justly think, that I was only showing him a diversity of distress and sorrow.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)

“Heroism is not fighting some big battle. It is not standing up to some fearsome foe ... Heroism is every day getting up with a mission to show this world that you are going to light it up with your spirit, to make the best out of yourself.”

World Shows Bigs Light Spirit Fighting This World Battle Standing Missions Heroism Foe

Author:Cory Booker

“Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word what man is meant to be, and how he should carry himself in this world of God — one long campaign in which the temptation stands out as the first great battle and victory.”

Source: True Manliness

“At that time the sons of God will be fully manifested on the earth. Widespread spiritual warfare will result with the Sons of God doing battle with Satan and company, the non-Christian nations of this world will also be defeated. Once the earth has been subdued. Jesus will come back to earth and be given the Kingdom that has been won for Him by this manchild company.”

World Has Beens Earth Christian Spiritual Jesus Given Nations Results Company This World Son Battle Gods Will Kingdoms Satan Warfare Defeated Spiritual Warfare Christian Nation

Author:Bill Hamon

“Sadly, a prize for peace is a rarity in this world. Most nations have monuments or memorials to war, bronze salutations to heroic battles, archways of triumph. But peace has no parade, no pantheon of victory.”

World War Nations This World Victory Battle Triumph Prize Heroic Memorial Monument Parades Bronze Rarity Pantheon Salutations Archways

Author:Kofi Annan

“A rare objectivity and insight can be imparted regarding this world's struggle for spiritual integrity. In the land of Faerie, the reader may see his small battles writ large in the wars of titans or elves and understand for the first time, his own worth.”

World Firsts May War Spiritual Struggle Land This World Reader Integrity Battle First Time Insight Objectivity Faerie Titans Spiritual Integrity

Book:A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind

Source: A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind

“I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.”

World Mean This World Battle Grind Loving You Sausage

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“This life is a dance, not a battle. We are all part of this world, not masters of it.”

World Life Is This World Masters Battle This Life

Author:Kate Constable

“I decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe, I could leave this world. The dead could finally have me. And Iʹd fulfilled my purpose, right? To protect? Iʹd done it. Iʹd saved Lissa, just like Iʹd sworn Iʹd always do. I was dying in battle. No appointment books for me.”

People Ifs World Two Book Done Purpose Dying This World Battle Protect Safe Decided Saved Fulfilled Appointments Last Sacrifice

Author:Richelle Mead