World Quotes
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
Feltham, Owen
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. -- Owen Feltham
Moore, Thomas
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, - There's nothing true but Heaven.
Moore, Thomas
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
Palgrave, Francis
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. -- Francis Palgrave
Proverb, Italian
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
Sankara
Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.
Zohar
The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One. -- Zohar