World View Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.”

Douglas Adams

Perspective, Perception, World View, Oddities, Observation

2. “Put away your worries, the world is a good and perfect place. It is in fact very easy.”

Douglas Adams

Optimism, Simplicity, Reassurance, World View, Irony

3. “It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”

Aldous Huxley

Selflessness, Possession, Property, World View, Philosophical Insight, Universal Ownership

4. “The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion.”

Marcel Proust

Creation, Discovery, Individual Experience, World View, Life Changes, Philosophy

5. “When we see the world, the image we see is not only a reflection of the world, it is also a reflection of us.”

Simone Weil

Perception, Self-reflection, World View, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Concept

6. “I know that the world is a salon which we ought to leave politely and honestly; that is, after saluting and paying our gambling debts.”

Alexandre Dumas

Polite Exit, Gambling Debts, World View, Life, Manners, Honesty

7. “The whole world seemed to unroll like a pornographic film whose tragic theme is impotence.”

Henry Miller

World View, Impotence, Tragic Theme, Humanity, Powerlessness, Society

8. “It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American way of looking at things.”

Henry Miller

Perspective, Society, American Culture, World View, Thinking, Connection

9. “There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up.”

Albert Camus

World View, Existential Philosophy, Infinite Ideas, Truth, Thought, Meaning