Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.

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Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it. ― Ursula K. Le Guin

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Now, if you want me to get out of the world, you had better get the women votin' soon. I shan't go till I can do that. ― Sojourner Truth

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The glitter of the great world, you know, is only so much froth and spume: you may look in vain for happiness there. ― Jude Morgan

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If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud. ― Émile Zola

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The nature of the world is inherently obvious, if you remain in a state of total psycho-physical oneness with whatever and all that presently arises.

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Be yourself, that’s what makes the world go round!

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The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.

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There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it. ― Germany Kent

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