World Events Quotes - Page 2

• From a pure metaphysical perspective, there is no world outside ourselves. So, at the deepest level, the state of the planet is more a reflection of the consciousness of mankind than the consciousness of mankind is a reflection of world events.

  Marianne Williamson

  Reflection, Perspective, Events

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• I liked the push and pull of that, between the outer political world and the inner personal lives of the characters. It's also real life... Many of us are keenly aware of world events, but break your nose and I bet that's the main thing you'd be focused on.

  Said Sayrafiezadeh

  Real, Character, Political

  Source: therumpus.net

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• But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Life, People, Achievement

  Sir Muhammad Iqbal, University of the Punjab. Dept. of Iqbal Studies, University of the Punjab (1982). “Iqbal centenary papers”

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• If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Children, Book, Vocabulary

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