“The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than see them as individuals. Abrahamic religion gives strong sanction to both-and mixes explosively with both. Only the willfully blind could fail to implicate the divisive force of religion in most, if not all, of the violent enmities in the world today.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingHumansTwoTodayIndividualStrongForceFailingGenerationsGroupsBlindViolentTendenciesLabelsSicknessUrgesWorld TodaySanctionsEnmityVendettaHuman Psyche Author:Richard Dawkins
“I have said often, and I am sure of it, that the greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion. If a mother can kill her own child, what is there to stop you and me from killing each other? The only one who has the right to take life is the The One who has created it.” IfsWorldChildrenSaidTodayLife IsMotherKillingAbortionWorld TodayDestroyersKilling Each Other Author:Mother Teresa
“One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken. We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words - an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words - is an essential prerequisite for prayer. By the word of God the world was created.” WorldUseTodaySpiritPrayerForgetWonderMysteryAwarenessBrokenEssentialsApproachMajorsToolsTragedyCrisisOur TimeOur WorldWord Of GodReverenceSensitivitySymptomsVesselWorld TodayPrerequisites Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“You can't force someone to learn. You present these beautiful lines that have so much to do with the world today and let them fall where they will.” WorldTodayBeautifulFallForceLinesWorld Today Author:Elizabeth Hurley
“Unfortunately, in the world today, we have dogmatic people entering into politics. I don't think the two mix.” PeopleThinkingWorldTwoTodayEnteringWorld TodayDogmatic Author:Ishmael Reed
“[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is what has made it a great American novel and the most widely read book in American Literature around the world today.” WorldYearsMadeBookTodayLiteratureNovelReaderHundredYears AgoMarkMade ItAround The WorldThirtyPointingWorld TodayThirty YearsGreat AmericanAmerican Literature Author:Hal Holbrook
“The best thing about the world today is that everyone is connected and you can go online and quickly find people all over the world doing incredible things.” PeopleWorldTodayIncrediblesConnectedBest ThingsOnlineWorld Today Author:Benjamin Stone
“If we had kept the vision of interconnectedness, we would not have created the kind of environmental crisis facing the world today.” IfsWorldKindTodayVisionCrisisEnvironmentalWorld TodayInterconnectednessEnvironmental Crisis Author:Satish Kumar
“All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.” WorldPhilosophyProblemBigsTodayWorld TodayBig ProblemsSeparatenessDualism Author:Satish Kumar
“Nowadays everyone has a camera and the Internet means everything is instantly accessible. Unlike some photographers, I don't see this as a problem. If anything interesting happens in the world today, there will be someone around to record it.” IfsWorldMeanProblemHappensTodayInterestingRecordsInternetCamerasPhotographerWorld Today Author:Derek Ridgers
“I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.” WorldStillsEndsReasonTodayRememberTermSubjectsPeriodsHappeningsSouthAround The WorldVarietyAffectedSouth AfricaWorld TodayApartheidNegotiatingPertinentPeace Talks Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Seeing how many people in our world today are focused on doing good in this world for others, especially in the younger generation and how passionate they feel about making a difference. What inspires me is helping others to become more of who they are and to learn to become radically generous with each other.” PeopleWorldFeelsHelpingTodayDifferencesSeeingGenerationsThis WorldInspirePassionateFocusedHelping OthersGenerousMaking A DifferenceOur WorldDoing GoodWorld TodayYounger Generation Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“I know from my own experience that you've got to be ready on day one. There is just too much unpredictable threat and danger in the world today to try to just say wait, I'll get to that when I can. That is just not an acceptable approach.” KnowsWorldTryingI CanTodayWaitingMy OwnToo MuchDangerReadyApproachThreatAcceptableUnpredictableWorld Today Author:Hillary Clinton
“Liberalism, socialism, whatever, it is such a corrupting, destructive thing. And I believe it's the most destructive force in the world today, outside of, militarized weaponry and that kind of thing.” WorldBelieveKindTodayForceI BelieveSocialismLiberalismDestructiveWorld TodayWeaponry Author:Rush Limbaugh
“And the fact that the Muslim world, over the course of a decade, rallied and defeated a superpower is an extraordinary symbol in the Islamic world today. You have to remember they were soundly thrashed over the last century by the West, and in the last 50years, three times by the Indians, three times by the Israelis. And so a victory against the Soviets is huge.” WorldFactsTodayLastsRememberThreeCoursesCenturyHugeVictoryWestExtraordinaryDecadesSymbolsIslamicDefeatedThree TimesWorld TodaySuperpowerMuslim World Author:Michael Scheuer
“If you look at the world today, there are as many solutions as there are problems. I think that is a big part of creativity. That's why I started Urban Zen. Because I wanted to dress and address people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldLooksProblemBigsTodayWantedCreativitySolutionsDressesAddressesUrbanWorld Today Author:Donna Karan
“My supporters and family have limited resources, very limited resources; but the FBI has the unlimited resources of the most powerful government in the world today. It's amazing that they haven't successfully had me assassinated since I have been in here. There have been plots uncovered in the past that I know of to have me killed.” KnowsWorldHas BeensGovernmentTodayPastPowerfulHavensResourcesPlotMost PowerfulSupporterUnlimitedFbiWorld TodayLimited ResourcesPowerful Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“Most of the food crops raised in the world today are fed to livestock destined for slaughter for us to eat, and most of the water used is used to raise the food crops that are fed to those animals. It has been estimated that, because of the extraordinary amount of grain it takes to raise food animals, if we reduced the amount of meat we eat by only ten percent, that would free up enough grain to feed all the starving humans in the world. So when we choose to eat meat instead of vegetables, we are choosing to take food away from others who are hungry.” IfsWorldHumansHas BeensEnoughTodayUsedWaterAnimalAmountTenPercentRaisesRaisedExtraordinaryHungryMeatFedsVegetablesGrainDestinedStarvingCropsWorld TodaySlaughterLivestock Author:Sharon Gannon
“In fact, there are more slaves in the world today than at any other point in human history, with an estimated 27 million in bondage across the globe.” WorldHumansFactsTodayMillionsSlaveGlobesBondageHuman HistoryWorld Today Author:Jen Lilley
“The problems in the world today are not political problems, they are not economic problems, and they are not military problems. The problems in the world today are spiritual problems. They have to do with what people believe. They have to do with our most fervently held thoughts and ideas about Life, about God, and most of all, about ourselves, and our very reason for living.” PeopleWorldBelieveIdeasReasonProblemTodaySpiritualPoliticalEconomicMilitaryWorld TodayEconomic ProblemsThoughts And Ideas Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“What is needed in the world today is a Civil Rights Movement for the Soul, freeing humanity at last from the oppression of its belief in a violent, angry, and vindictive God.” WorldSoulTodayLastsHumanityBeliefRightsMovementNeededAngryViolentCivil RightsOppressionWorld TodayCivil Rights MovementVindictive Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I wouldn't have said that Anthony Eden was equipped by nature to deal with the situation in the world today. I would have said that he was portentous, sincere, honest and rather stupid.” WorldSaidTodayDealsSituationHonestStupidSincereWorld TodayEden Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“I'm starting to reread a bunch of Gandhi and it was kind of traumatic, because he was so clearly, unbelievably amazing. And the stuff that he is suggesting is so profoundly opposite from what is happening in our world today.” WorldKindTodayStuffHappeningsOppositesStartingBunchOur WorldWorld TodaySuggesting Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he's coming with a specific message for the specific circumstances of the world today.” WorldShowsTodayEnjoyKindnessCircumstancesMessagesWorld TodayCharismaLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need everybody's involvement. We need the resources of the corporate world. We need the cooperation of governments. We need the wisdom of indigenous people.” PeopleWorldNeedsBelieveBigsGovernmentTodayOrderI BelieveIssuesResourcesEnvironmentalCorporateCooperationIndigenousInvolvementWorld TodayIndigenous PeopleCorporate WorldEnvironmental Issues Author:Michael Franti
“Hillary Rodham Clinton was America's chief diplomat. So let's look around at the violence and danger in our world today in every region of the world that has been infected with her flawed judgment.” WorldLooksHas BeensTodayAmericaViolenceDangerJudgmentClintonChiefsRegionsOur WorldFlawedWorld TodayDiplomatsHillary Rodham Clinton Author:Chris Christie
“There are those people who basically don't like those who are different. Now, that is a prejudice and it's a prejudice that's dangerous because in the world today, the world works through connectivity. It works through going across the boundaries, but faith and culture and race in a nation.” PeopleWorldDifferentTodayCultureNationsRaceDangerousPrejudiceBoundariesWorld Today Author:Tony Blair
“If the Arab world today looked like Tunisia, it would be a huge blow for the extreme ideologies. But Tunisia needs more support than it is getting, particularly from their close neighbors in Europe who have a great stake in North Africa.” IfsWorldNeedsWould BeTodaySupportHugeEuropeBlowExtremesNeighborIdeologyStakesWorld TodayArab WorldNorth AfricaTunisia Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.” PeopleWorldWellsStillsImportantTodayHonorIntegrityConceptsBehaveHeroismWorld Today Author:Oliver Stone
“There is no confidence in the Arab world today in the United States of America.” WorldStatesTodayAmericaUnitedUnited StatesUnited States Of AmericaWorld TodayArab WorldNo Confidence Author:John McCain
“The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.” WorldTodayProcessNaturalUnionsIntegrationWorld TodayEuropean UnionGlobalisationEnlargement Author:Vladimir Putin
“There exists in the world today, and has existed for thousands of years, a body of enlightened humans united in what might be termed, an Order of the Quest. It is composed of those whose intellectual and spiritual perceptions have revealed to them that civilisation has a secret Destiny... The outcome of this 'secret destiny' is a World Order ruled by a king with supernatural powers[the antichrist]. This king was descended of a divine race; that is, he belonged to the Order of the Illumined; for those who come to a state of wisdom then belong to a family of heroes-perfected human beings.” WorldYearsHumansStatesBodyMightTodaySpiritualOrderHuman BeingsUnitedSecretRaceDestinyDivineKingsHeroPerceptionIntellectualOutcomesEnlightenedQuestsWorld TodayCivilisationWorld OrderAntichristSupernatural Powers Author:Manly Hall
“It would be fun too to put some of the great philosophers and political scientists of the past couple centuries into a time machine, have them look at the world today, and see what they think. Imagine Schumpeter, Malthus, Hobbes, Nietzsche, Marx, and more! That would be good fun.” ThinkingWorldLooksWould BeTodayPastPoliticalFunImagineCenturyCoupleMachinesScientistPhilosopherBe GoodWorld TodayTime MachineHobbesGood FunGreat PhilosophersMalthus Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles in agriculture, eliminating hunger and inequity.” WorldTodayRolesSucceedHungerHeavyDebtVillageAgricultureMachineryWorld TodayEliminatingLeadership Roles Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“First of all, [Buckminster Fuller's] identification of the problems that are all that much more pertinent, all that much more pressing in the world today than in his own lifetime from sustainability in terms of the environment to income inequality.” WorldFirstsProblemTodayTermEnvironmentLifetimeIncomeInequalitySustainabilityWorld TodayIdentificationIncome InequalityPertinentBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't like - political stupidity, environmental degradation, etc. And that makes me want to change it, to make a difference in the world.” WorldWantTodayPoliticalUnderstandingDifferencesInspireNegativeEnvironmentalStupidityMaking A DifferenceEtcWorld TodayDegradationEnvironmental Degradation Author:Theodora Goss
“When we think of our world today with all of its interconnectedness and complexities, the scope of gospel renewal includes systems and structures that are far beyond what we might consider day-to-day.” ThinkingWorldMightTodayStructureComplexityOur WorldDay To DayScopeRenewalWorld TodayInterconnectedness Author:David Kim
“One reason why people find applying the Bible to work so difficult is that the world of Scriptures seems so distant from our modern world today. Many established realities we encounter daily, like non-profit and for-profit corporations, did not exist in the ancient world.” PeopleWorldReasonRealitySeemsTodayDifficultModernAncientProfitScriptureCorporationsReason WhyEncountersModern WorldWorld TodayNon ProfitAncient World Author:David Kim
“In much of the world today there are no more chilling words than "I'm from the United States and I'm here to help you."” WorldStatesHelpingTodayUnitedUnited StatesChillWorld Today Author:Dale Jamieson
“Young women grow up in a really negative world today online and in person.” WorldPersonsTodayYoungGrowsGrowing UpNegativeOnlineYoung WomenWorld Today Author:Ariel Winter
“John Logan is maybe the No. 1 screenwriter in the world today, not to mention that he won a Tony for Best Play for Red. So he may just be the best writer period right now. He wrote The Aviator, and I was in New York doing a play, and he asked if they would see me for the film, just meet with me. 'Cause that's what Martin Scorsese does.” IfsWorldMayDoePlayTodayFilmCausesNew YorkPeriodsRight NowRedBeing The BestWorld TodayScreenwritersAviatorScorsese Author:Brent Spiner
“People divide into groups where they talk to each other, but don't talk across the divide. And yet most of the challenges we face in the world today are challenges that are to do with trade, with technology, with how you make sure that people are properly educated, reform your health care system.” PeopleWorldCareTodayFacesChallengesTechnologyGroupsTradeEducatedReformHealth CareDividesWorld TodayHealth Care SystemChallenges We Face Author:Tony Blair
“Today, of course, the world's perception of India has changed tremendously. People understand its role in world affairs; they understand that India is not some backward nation. In fact, it is the fastest growing free-market democracy in the world today, and that says it all.” PeopleWorldFactsTodayCoursesNationsRolesDemocracyGrowingChangedPerceptionIndiaAffairFree MarketWorld TodayWorld Affairs Author:Kabir Bedi
“All over the world today, many girls still get the idea that their bodies are somehow not as good as a boy's body. These girls - who later grow up to be women with girls of their own - get the message that they are weaker in spirit, not worth educating, somehow cursed because of their menstrual cycle, and so forth.” WorldStillsIdeasBodyTodaySpiritGirlGrowsBoysGrowing UpMessagesCyclesWorld TodayCursed Author:Christiane Northrup
“Donald Trump is an instrument of a Power bigger than himself, and bigger than all of the power that's in America today, or in the world today.” WorldTodayAmericaTrumpBiggerInstrumentsWorld TodayAmerica Today Author:Louis Farrakhan
“The Vietnam War ended because of the campus situation. And so many other injustices have been corrected in the World today only thanks to the young people. So, young people especially have a responsibility for Tibet.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarTodayYoungResponsibilitySituationInjusticeThanksVietnamVietnam WarWorld TodayCampusTibet Author:Elie Wiesel
“When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" I reply: "Absolute poverty." This is not the answer most journalists expect. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. But it is true.” WorldHumansProblemTodayAnswersViewsPovertyRightsWorstAbsolutesHuman RightsSexyJournalistWorld Today Author:Mary Robinson
“What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to speculate about that question. Sun Tzu's ideas, as expressed in his famous treatise, have undoubtedly influenced the nature of many revolutionary movements that are arrayed against more powerful forces, and in some cases - as in Vietnam - have played a useful role in bringing about success. But such ideas are always in conflict with other deepseated emotional factors, which propel dissident movements into the rampant use of terrorism and other forms of anarchistic struggle.” WorldIdeasUseTodayFormForcePowerfulRolesCasesStruggleSunInfluenceMovementEmotionalConflictTerrorismFactorsRevolutionaryVietnamQualifiedWorld TodayNature Of ManDissidentsAbout Success Author:William J. Duiker
“I want people to understand that, look, we're in a period of democratic deficit, democratic recession. There are fewer democracies in the world today than in 2005, and in many of the countries that are still technically democracies, we're seeing a reduction in the rule of law. And that's especially true in Central Europe, but it's also true of places like South Africa, the Philippines.” PeopleWorldWantLooksStillsCountryTodayLawDemocracySeeingPeriodsEuropeDemocraticSouthFewerSouth AfricaDeficitWorld TodayRule Of LawReductionRecessionsPhilippines Author:David Frum