“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”— Harry Emerson Fosdick, amazon.com
“...you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt... we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“If you’re really listening, if you’re awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonders.”— Andrew Harvey, amazon.com
“...you’re too good for this world, and because of that, the world will eventually crush you.”— Paul Auster, amazon.com
“And I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t…”— Beth Clark, amazon.com
“God: How do we change the world? Evan: One single act of random kindness at a time.”— Steve Oedekerk, God and Evan Baxter, Morgan Freeman and Steve Carell, amazon.com
“...you can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain - no matter how smart or accomplished - they cry, they yearn, they hurt … We all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.”— Howard Thurman, amazon.com
“Behind my face stretches a world, no more lived in, perhaps, than the moon.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“As long as your words survive, then you lived and you mattered and you changed the world and I cannot remember your name.”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com
“As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it.”— Frances Hodgson Burnett, amazon.com
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”— W.B. Yeats, nowaterriver.com
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you’re standing next to the right person.”— Jennifer Nevin, amazon.com
“I am an optimist. I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can either choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you’ll spend your time better.”— Tom Hiddleston, flaunt.com
“I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com