You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.

He sees that this great roundabout,
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
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He sees that this great roundabout,
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
Its customs and its businesses,
Is no concern at all of his,
And says--what says he?--Caw.

This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.

This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn

The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by read more

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
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Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
With nowhere yet to rest my head,
Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.