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Quotes having the keyword Worldly
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.
by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Actor, American , born in 1961) keywords: agenda, any, except, funny, neither, offer, profess, wisdom, worldly , writers Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night.
by George Eliot (Author, British , born in 1819) keywords: breaking, coarse, effect, faces, funeral, grating, incongruity, look, never, night, same, silence, solemn, sound, voice , worldly So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.
by Thomas Hooker (Celebrity, American , born in 1586) keywords: accompanied, discerned, godly, graces, least, may, shadows, some, sorrow, them, though, train, truth, wants, wherewith , worldly Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.
by William Law (Clergyman, English , born in 1686) keywords: bodies, cares, certainly, christian, death, indulgences, life, more, our, separation, souls, tempers, than, unnecessary, vain , worldly This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.
by William Law (Clergyman, English , born in 1686) keywords: actions, alone, christianity, conforming, devotion, enjoyments, every, god, heavenly, holiness, into, life, means, our, part, piety, spirit, temper, turning, universal, wisdom, world , worldly Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
by Felix Mendelssohn (Composer, German , born in 1809) keywords: absorbing, appear, away, blessed, carries, country, earth, else, even, everything, far, gift, god, may, music, repulsive, shallow, smallest, task, things, though, town, truly, us , worldly I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.
by Donald G. Mitchellkeywords: care, coming, country, distinctions, dream, dust, forever, graves, great, hopes, how, may, proudest, seem, shall, times, where, worldly , your There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
by Nagarjuna (Philosopher , Indian) keywords: desires, just, more, pleasurable, pleasure, pleasures, scratched, sore, sores, still, without , worldly You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.
by Knute Nelson (Politician, American , born in 1843) keywords: against, arrogance, been, employ, forget, given, human, means, must, use, worldly , wrong You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.
by Knute Nelson (Politician, American , born in 1843) keywords: against, am, arrogance, been, broad, employ, forget, given, god, hope, human, means, mind, must, necessary, oppose, order, say, see, stand, such, sure, them, things, use, will, worldly, wrong , your God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us.
by Mohammed Omar (Clergyman , Afghani) keywords: affairs, america, confident, could, defeat, enough, even, god, harm, infidels, never, satisfied, says, strong, terms, twice, us, very, were, will , worldly If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?
by Letty Cottin Pogrebinkeywords: children, conflicts, cure, family, force, futile, home, hope, how, impulse, makes, might, right, solve, teaches, violence, will , worldly In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.
by Robert South (Clergyman, English , born in 1634) keywords: eagerness, expectation, finds, greatest, half, himself, man, pleasure, possession, proposed, pursues, things , worldly Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
by Laurence Sterne (Novelist, Irish , born in 1713) keywords: add, alas, contentment, grandeur, happiness, height, his, man, principles, soon, station, stature, us, will, within , worldly For in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which treats of things spiritual and heavenly, not of things natural and worldly, such as are treated of in the sense of the letter.
by Emanuel Swedenborg (Scientist, Swedish , born in 1688) keywords: every, heavenly, internal, letter, natural, particular, sense, spiritual, such, things, treated, treats, which, word , worldly Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: among, beyond, estimate, fame, generation, great, high, men, preceded, stars, their, them, true, unknown , worldly I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.
by Kiana Tom (Model, American , born in 1965) keywords: able, doctors, educated, finer, important, knows, life, man, talk, things, traveled, types, well , worldly I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: cause, commit, fearing, find, fool, god, men, offence, offend, only, others, remain, sentiments, simplicity, take, truth, unmoved, way, wisdom , worldly
