new world quotes

Here are some inspiring and thought-provoking quotes about the "New World," spanning historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives: Historical & Exploratory Quotes Christopher Columbus (1492) "Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World." John Smith (on Jamestown, 1607) "Here every man may be master and owner of his own labor and land." Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (1782, Letters from an American Farmer) "What then is the American, this new man? He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced." Literary & Philosophical Quotes Aldous Huxley (Brave New World, 1932) "Words can be like X-rays if you use them properlytheyll go through anything." William Shakespeare (The Tempest, 1611) "O brave new world, that has such people in't!" (Mirandas line, often quoted ironically.) T.S. Eliot (Four Quartets) "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." Modern & Visionary Quotes John F. Kennedy (1962) "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Ursula K. Le Guin "The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next." Arundhati Roy (2020) "The pandemic is a portal. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred or we can walk through lightly, ready to imagine another world." Anonymous (Modern Protest Slogan) "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." (Often attributed to Arundhati Roy, but debated.) Would you like quotes focused on a specific theme (e.g., colonialism, futurism, or dystopia)?