„When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.“

— Charles Bukowski

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„Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.“
— Charles Bukowski
„You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.“
— Barack Obama
„When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.“
— Eckhart Tolle
„Know that ever about you stands the reality of love, and each moment you have the power to transform your world by what you have learned.“
— Richard Bach
„Didn't I tell younot to be satisfied with the veil of this world?“
— Rumi
„Nuto, who had never really gone away, still wanted to understand the world and change it, and upset the cycle of the seasons. Or perhaps he didn't, and still believed only in the moon. But I, who didn't believe in the moon, knew that when all was said and done only the seasons matter and they are in your bones and they nurtured you when you were a boy.“
— Cesare Pavese