A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundations on which we live and more and have our being.
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Related She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual look... FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER Let your true love be your lifetime treasure and beyond. ANGELICA HOPES (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true. ORRIN WOODWARD I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to ... ROBERT KEGAN History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS Noone has yet succeeded in inventing a philosophy at once credible and self-consistent. Locke aimed ... BERTRAND RUSSELL Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The terrifying fear of a crash had triggered the fight-or-flight response in the child, making him b... PAWAN MISHRA I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. The domestic lives we live - which may be accidental, or not entirely of our making - help to make p... JOYCE CAROL OATES True thinking takes place within a frame of continuous historical development in which progress in u... T.F. TORRANCE I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN True love will triumph in the end—which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most... JOHN GREEN I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or... RAYMOND QUENEAU I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. The moment WE realize our mistakes, our sins, our selfishness, the trouble we gave others, the pain ... NEHA KOTHARI We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is ... THOMAS HUXLEY Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not e... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be somebody's crush.if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would no... SARAH J. MAAS I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising w... SARAH J. MAAS There you are. I've been looking for you. His first words to me— not a lie at a... SARAH J. MAAS I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. And I was not a mouse. I ... SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS He drained his glass. "I made a mistake." "It's not the end of the world if you do that every n... SARAH J. MAAS I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing ... SARAH J. MAAS Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be ... PATRICK W. CARR It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel to... SARAH J. MAAS In this constant battle which we call living, we try to set a code of conduct according to the socie... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self. BEN HARPER People themselves makes a lots of mistakes and still loves himself,
and they never forget a single m... OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I frowned at the eye in my palm. "What, literally shout at the tattoo?" "You could try rubbing ... SARAH J. MAAS Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road t... HENRY FIELDING There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road t... FRANCOIS FENELON I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The standard of a true leader is that he sets also his own rules than merely and blindly obeys the s... ANUJ SOMANY I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is a... THEODORA GOSS The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a viol... SAMUEL BECKETT When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW
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