"The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us."

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Source : Wallace Stevens (1951). “The Relations Between Poetry and Painting”

Wallace Stevens

#Would Be Quotes #World Quotes

“That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.”
“The Lord has set no limits on what He is willing to teach us and give us. We are the only ones who set limits--through our neglect our disobedience or ignorance. We are in large measure the ones who determine what we will learn and experience in mortality, and what we will receive eternally.”
“No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.”
“The world can do nothing to a Christian who has no fear of man.”

Source : Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2009). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.343, Hendrickson Publishers
“If a person fears God, she has no reason to fear anything else.”
“Court games aren't fair. They don't judge men by their worth, and they aren't about what's just. Guilty men can hold power their whole lives and be wept for when they pass. Innocent men can be spent like coins because it's convenient. You don't have to have sinned for them to ruin you. If your destruction is useful to them, you'll be destroyed.”
“How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If you are not prepared, the audience will probably discover it without your assistance.”

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