The World (n.) is such that man relates himself to either in the mode of manipulation and appreciation, as handling and managing on the one hand, and on the other, acknowledging, understanding, valuing, or admiring.
World (n.) is a costume God wears, and a Jew's work is to follow the footprints and lift the mask.
World (n.) does not stay empty: whatever is not made an altar to God gets moved into by demons.
World (n.) is a torso crying for its head; unless it is open to something beyond, spirit is a freak.
World (n.) was created on approval, and would have fallen back into chaos had Israel refused the Torah at Sinai.
World (n.) has shrunk to one neighborhood, too small for anything but mutual care and too great for anything but mutual responsibility.
World (n.) is never opaque; no veil hides God completely.
World (n.) in Hebrew, olam, is related to hiding, as if its essence were concealment.
World (n.) is more a question than an answer to anyone who lifts up his eyes.
The World (n.) in the Bible is no dream and no god: it is real, but only as real as it is faithful to its Maker.
The World (n.) is two worlds: the marvel God made and the horror man made of it.
The World (n.) seen by the prophets was grotesque: drunk on power, in love with war, merciless and sad.
The World (n.) stands or falls on right and wrong, and its secret is that God is caught up in history.
The World (n.) was, to Marcion, a stupid and miserable hole crawling with vermin, too vile for a God of grace to have made.
The World (n.) is something we can take hold of but never take in.
The World (n.) in Hebrew, olam, may come from a root meaning to hide: the world itself is a hiding place.
The World (n.) has presence the way some people do: its surface radiates a greatness within, wordlessly.
The World (n.) is understood by asking what it is to God: a household of His servants.
The World (n.) opens like a door onto God rather than standing as a barrier, and it asks more than it answers.
The World (n.) is a letter in the king's own handwriting, and handwriting is close to the hand.