#worldly

*You are not yet in the Emerald Dream. First, you must remove your earthly shell...* the voice in his head instructed. *As you reach the state of sleep, you will slip your body off as you would a coat. Start from your heart and mind, for they are the links that most bind you to the mortal plane. See? This is how it is done...* - Chapter 4 ↗

— Richard A. Knaak

#fantasy #other-worldly #spiritual #dreams

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. ↗

— George Eliot

#coarse #effect #faces #funeral #grating

I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#doctors #educated #finer #i #important

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#means #nothing #sadder #standards #than

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#being #great #mistake #point #point of view

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares. ↗

— William Law

#cares #certainly #christian #christian life #death

You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#arrogance #been #employ #forget #given

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force? ↗

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#conflicts #cure #family #force #futile

Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#wisely #worldly

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#ability #achieve #advice #best #cannot