“For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish.” WorldYearsHas BeensBigsWaterMillionsAirThis WorldPlanetsOceanSeasonsSpeciesIncludingForestsWeatherAtmosphereTemperatureLiving OnGreat GiftsWoods And Forests Author:Rebecca Solnit
“The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favoured with the sympathetic tears of other women, and a man whose wife has made off is laughed at by other men.” MenWorldLongHas BeensMadeWifeThis WorldTearsMoralityHusbandStandardsLaughedSympatheticDouble Standard Author:H. L. Mencken
“This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed, and will not return to what they have been in the past. What is new is new, not because it has never been there before, but because it has changed in quality.” WorldHumansHas BeensIdeasPastOrderCultureCommunityQualityProgressThis WorldChangedReturnNotionNew WorldUnitsSociety And Culture Book:Uncommon Sense Source: Uncommon Sense
“Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all to endurance. To Him I press on, and to the Father and to the Holy Spirit. I strive to be found true, judging myself unworthy of this world's goods; and yet not I because of the world, but the world because of me. Think of all these things in your heart; follow them with zeal; fight, as you have been commanded, for the truth to the death: For Christ was made 'obedient' even 'to death'” ThinkingWorldGivingHeartHas BeensMadeMightChristianSpiritFightingFoundFatherChristThis WorldJudgingHolyPressesTrainStriveSakeHoly SpiritEnduranceOrthodoxGoodsSaviorZealOrthodox ChristianUnworthyObedientJudging Myself Author:Saint Basil
“There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.” WorldFeelsHas BeensHomeChristianCultureThis WorldTestamentNew Testament Author:Vance Havner
“I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us.” WorldMeanLongHas BeensMadeUsedThis WorldLong TimeSaintDisillusioned Book:On Pilgrimage Source: On Pilgrimage
“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!” IfsKnowsWorldShouldDoeHas BeensSaidStillsTwoStoriesLightMotherNightHateFatherNamesVoiceThis WorldChangedSonHonorEqualDaughterDevilCelebrateMourningWhat IfFunk Author:Bootsy Collins
“I shudder at the very thought of being born again into this world. Life to me . . . has been a monstrous, painful, agonizing affair, and the idea of repeating such an existence - even if better in a way - is horrifying to me. . . . I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.” IfsWorldWayLooksHas BeensIdeasBornExistenceThis WorldAffairPainfulOblivionMonstrousBorn AgainAgonizingWorld Life Author:Taylor Caldwell