"The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours."

Wordsworth, William | World | 2 bookmarks

"The world is in your hands, now use it."

Collins, Phil | World | 2 bookmarks

"I tell you one thing -- if you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own."

Devi, Sri Sarada | World | 2 bookmarks

"The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better -- it is just turning around as usual."

Dunne, Finley Peter | World | 1 bookmarks

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts. His acts being seven ages."

Shakespeare, William | World | 4 bookmarks

"I've been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, you've been up on the mountain, now you go down. You're on your own, free. Check in later, but now you're on your own."

Dylan, Bob | World | 2 bookmarks

"Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?"

Ehrenreich, Barbara | World | 2 bookmarks

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive."

Fields, W. C. | World | 2 bookmarks

"The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are."

Fulghum, Robert | World | 3 bookmarks

"You're the best Mom in the whole, wide world!"

Cleaver, Beaver | World | 1 bookmarks