Action, Man, World Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. - James Russell Lowell
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. - James Russell Lowell
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes. - James Russell Lowell
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. - James Russell Lowell
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. - Peter Benchley
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. - Anais Nin
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts. - Bianca Jagger
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils. - Plato
It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself. - F. H. Bradley
People's attitudes have been changing over the past 15 years, but China is still the world's biggest consumer of dogs. - Jill Robinson