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1. “I read that MTV’s Real World got 40,000 applications. That’s amazing, such an even number. You would have thought it would be 40,008.”

Mitch Hedberg

MTV, Real, World, Applications, Numbers

2. “The world meets nobody half way.”

Charles Lamb

World, Effort, Struggle, Reality, Life

3. “The world will constantly be defining success and failure for you. Realizing this is what is called self-awareness.”

Ankur Warikoo

Self-awareness, Success, Failure, World, Realization

4. “You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.”

Ramakrishna

Goodness, World, Realization, Power, Discipline

5. “Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.”

Ramakrishna

God, Evil, World, Mystery, Understanding

6. “There is no hope for a worldly man if he is not sincerely devoted to God.”

Ramakrishna

Hope, World, Devotion, Sincerity, God

7. “The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.”

Ramakrishna

World, God, Impermanence, Knowledge, Truth

8. “The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.”

Ramakrishna

Impermanence, World, Death, Awareness, Life

9. “The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.”

Ramakrishna

World, Truth, Illusion, Reality, Awareness

10. “A smile can change the situation of the world.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Smile, Change, World, Positivity, Impact

11. “To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.”

Democritus

Wisdom, World, Belonging, Goodness, Perspective

12. “To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.”

Democritus

Wisdom, World, Soul, Openness, Belonging

13. “The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it’s overturned the order of the soul.”

Leonard Cohen

Chaos, World, Change, Soul, Reflection

14. “This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'”

Leonard Cohen

World, Conflict, Reconcile, Embrace, Hallelujah

15. “The evil in the world is all of our own making, and it proceeds entirely from our ruthless, senseless, wasteful, destructive, and suicidal neglect of our own being.”

Thomas Merton

Evil, World, Destruction, Neglect, Responsibility

16. “If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.”

Thomas Merton

Peace, Self, World, Harmony, Influence

17. “One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.”

Herbert Hoover

Peace, Armament, World, Conflict, Diplomacy

18. “The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.”

Herbert Hoover

World, Expansion, Commerce, Trade, Customers

19. “The world interests me only in the degree to which it stimulates my passions.”

Stendhal

Passion, Interest, World, Curiosity, Experience

20. “I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land.”

Seneca

World, Unity, Perspective, Belonging, Open-Mindedness

21. “Violence has never prospered, you can’t remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!”

Emile Zola

Violence, World, Change, Fool, Rogue Leader

22. “The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.”

Emile Zola

Thought, Deed, World, Fertilize, Creation Power

23. “World is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.”

Amit Ray

World, Dance, Mindfulness, Observation, Flow

24. “Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world.”

Amit Ray

Love, Strength, Overcome, Evils, World

25. “The most important journey of our lives is doing good for the world, especially working for the upliftment of human conditions, human values, human dignity and human rights.”

Amit Ray

Journey, Lives, Good, World, Social Upliftment