Quotes for All
The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress … history and civilization do not advance in tandem. From the stagnation of Medieval Europe to the decline and chaos in recent times on the mainland of Asia and to the catastrophes of two world wars in the twentieth century, the methods … Read more
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle…you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul. G. I. Gurdjieff
We’ve lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars. Erica Jong
i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves. Emily Giffin
For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I’m not mentally stable enough for that – I need to separate my two worlds. Emily Browning
How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers. Edwin Way Teale
Art is real and imaginary, two worlds rolled into one – the fulfillment of the artist’s insatiable soul. Edward J. Fraughton
Many people who are going through the early stages of the awakening process are no longer certain what their outer purpose is. What drives the world no longer drives them. Seeing the madness of our civilization so clearly, they feel somewhat alienated from the culture around them. Some feel that they inhabit a no-man’s-land between … Read more
He stretched out his hands as he sang, sadly, because all beauty is sad…The poem had done no ‘good’ to anyone, but it was a passing reminder, a breath from the divine lips of beauty, a nightingale between two worlds of dust. Less explicit than the call to Krishna, it voiced our loneliness nevertheless, our … Read more
There are two worlds, the world of desire and the world of enlightenment. The world of enlightenment doesn’t go anywhere. It is endless, luminous perfection. The world of desire leads to more desire. Frederick Lenz