"The experience of a cosmos existing in precarious balance on the edge of emergence from nothing and returning to nothing must be acknowledged, therefore, as lying at the center of the primary experience of the cosmos."

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Source : Eric Voegelin, Michael Franz (2000). “Order and History”, p.123, University of Missouri Press

Eric Voegelin

#Lying Quotes #Balance Quotes #Cosmos Quotes

“If you have the strength to whine, you have the strength to do something about it.”
“I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it.”
“For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1907). “Watchwords”
“There's no way you can look into the game of life and determine whether or not you'll get that big break tomorrow or whether it will take another week, month, year or even longer. But it will come!”
“Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you.”
“It all begins with you. If you do not take care of yourself, you will not be strong enough to take care of anything in life.”
“It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.”

Source : "Actors with Down syndrome in more films, TV; 'Glee' star Lauren Potter says 'we're just like anybody else'" by Danielle Jones-Wesley, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2012.
“I mulled over what he had told me as I savored the Scotch. Not bad, really - like a beer that's been in a brawl.”

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