{"quotes":[{"text":"Because despite the undeniable knowledge that I wasn't human—or mostly human, anyway—despite the proof the computer screen had show in the repair room, I still picture my interior just the same as any other sixteen-year-old girl's. Blood and guts and bones. A brain, and a functioning heart. Hopes and dreams, fears and sorrow. They could tell me the truth, but they couldn't force me to accept it.","author":"Debra Driza","tags":["inspirational","living","world-view"],"id":25349,"author_id":"Debra+Driza"},{"text":"In any case, you can't have effective allegory in times when people are swept this way and that by momentary convictions, because everyone will read it differently. You can't indicate moral values when morality changes with what is being done, because there is no accepted basis of judgment. And you cannot show the operation of grace when grace is cut off from nature or when the very possibility of grace is denied, because no one will have the least idea of what you are about.","author":"Flannery O'Connor","tags":["allegorical-interpretation","allegory","grace","moral-values","morality","perception","world-view","worldview","writing","writing-craft","writing-fiction"],"id":27464,"author_id":"Flannery+O%27Connor"},{"text":"It is obvious that the prevalent Christian world-view is not a Kingdom world-view.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["christian","is","it","kingdom","not","obvious","prevalent","that","world-view"],"id":47051,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.","author":"Harper Lee","tags":["bravery","hope","life-lessons","living","love","mocking-bird","peace","truth","world-view"],"id":65840,"author_id":"Harper+Lee"},{"text":"When what we believe we’ve mastered is no longer predictable we’re not fine. The world suddenly is a very scary place. It loses its charm.","author":"Patricia Cornwell","tags":["lost-charm","predictable","safety","world-view"],"id":80130,"author_id":"Patricia+Cornwell"},{"text":"I do not find theism any more credible than materialism as a comprehensive world view. My interest is in the territory between them.","author":"Thomas Nagel","tags":["interest","materialism","theism","world-view"],"id":83870,"author_id":"Thomas+Nagel"},{"text":"With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters,He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.","author":"Heinrich Heine","tags":["art","creation","inspiration","loopholes","meaning","metaphysics","philosophy","production","speculation","world-view"],"id":117182,"author_id":"Heinrich+Heine"},{"text":"Let's be honest, the world's always been a scary place with very little charm.' I try to brush it off as I've brushed off the flu, as I brushed off the death of my father when I was young, as I've brushed off so much since Benton has known me.","author":"Patricia Cornwell","tags":["bereavement","death","denial","minimization","tragedy","world","world-view"],"id":148065,"author_id":"Patricia+Cornwell"},{"text":"If you carry a weapon, war will follow you. If you carry a smile, love will knock at your door.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["knock","knocking","life","life-lessons","love","love","peace","smile","war","weapon","weapons","world-peace","world-view"],"id":181554,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the change, be the difference, or be the inspiration. Shine your light as an example. The world needs more of that.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["be-a-leader","be-a-vessel","be-an-encourager","be-an-example","be-an-example-of-goodness","be-an-inspiration","be-kind","be-kind-to-all","be-kind-to-someone","be-the-change","be-the-difference","be-the-light","change-agents","do-it-anyway","do-it-now","germany-kent","germany-kent","germany-kent","help-others","help-others-achieve","help-others-find-happiness","help-others-find-happiness","help-others","help-others","help-others-to-be-better","help-others-to-prosper","hope-guru","humanity","humanity-advice","humanity-advice-society","humanity-and-love","humanity-and-reality","humanity-and-society","humanity","inspirational","inspirational-attitude","inspirational-life","inspirational-living","inspirational","inspirational-about-life","inspire","inspiring","just-do-it","kindness-matters","people-relations-communication","power-of-love","powerful","powerful-women","reach-out","reach-out-to-others-offline","share-love","shine-your-light","shine-your-light","shine-your-love","spread-kindness","spread-love","spread-peace","spread-peace-everywhere","spreading-love","the-hope-guru","thought-leaders","thought-leadership","treat-others","treat-others-nice","treat-others-with-kindness","world-change","world-peace","world","world-view"],"id":183483,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}