“Some years ago, when the images which this world affords first opened upon me, when I felt the cheering warmth of summer and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds, and these were all to me, I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation. Polluted by crimes and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?” WorldShouldYearsFirstsDiesFeltHeardCrimeThis WorldSummerBirdYears AgoShould HaveWarmthCheerTornConsolationRemorse Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“Maui is a beautiful island. It's really the site of an ancient civilization that we've forgotten about, a civilization that existed millions of years ago. When their time came, they left this world and another race was born, the race of human beings.” WorldYearsHumansBeautifulLeftBornHuman BeingsRaceMillionsThis WorldBuddhismCivilizationYears AgoForgottenAncientIslandsSiteMauiAncient Civilizations Author:Frederick Lenz
“Here is a myth for you if myths are your pleasure: "There is no more opportunity in this world." Most people held this false belief fifty years ago, the majority agreed with it five years ago, and practically everyone clings to it today. Clearly, this myth will also be the screaming rage in the future. Hang on to this myth, and you are destined to miss great opportunities for the rest of your life.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsTodayOpportunityBeliefPleasureFiveMissingThis WorldYears AgoMajorityMythRageFive YearsFiftyDestinedRest Of Your LifeGreat Opportunity Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet...” MenWorldNeedsYearsFeelingsSufferingCausesCommunityJusticeCompassionViolenceThis WorldColorYears AgoHatredGentleGreekAccomplishedDivisionBulletsMartyrOur CommunityAssassinsLove And Compassion Author:Robert Kennedy
“I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a large church, living in a large house, and surrounded by all the comforts this world has to offer. But inside I had a sinking feeling that I was missing the point.” WorldYearsFeelingsDreamFoundHouseChurchChristianityMissingThis WorldComfortOffersComfortableYears AgoSinkingSinking Feeling Author:David Platt
“So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons - these men and women - rose up and formed the new society. It's a feudal world, a part feudal barons and part warlord and part mob boss and they each control a huge resource so that there's an uneasy alliance, but they all need each other.” MenWorldNeedsYearsLongIdeasAgeDarkHappenedEventsThis WorldHugeMen And WomenResourcesYears AgoRoseSevenBossAlliancesDark AgesUneasyWarlords Author:Alfred Gough
“To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily. If you think about it, even ten years ago or twenty years ago, there was a middle man, there was a publisher, there were studios, there was this world of rejection letters. Now, we're in a place where we have the technology and the ability to go shoot our own movies or to put stuff on YouTube or a blog, if you're a writer, or self-publish.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsSelfAbleStuffAbilityTechnologyWonderfulMiddleThis WorldTenYears AgoLettersTwentiesStudiosRejectionVisiblePublishersPublishBlogsYoutubeWonderful TimesAspiring WritersRejection Letters Author:Diablo Cody
“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.” MenWorldYearsPoliticalPoliticsThis WorldYears AgoGentleGreek Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy
“Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.” WorldYearsWellsMayUsedMotherThis WorldSmartYears AgoPleasantHarvey Author:Mary Chase