World
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
- Feltham, Owen
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
- Montaigne, Michel De
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
- 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
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.
- Palgrave, Francis
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
- Proverb, Italian
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.
- Sankara
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
