"We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it, as the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight."

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Source : Plotinus (2005). “The Enneads”, p.153, Penguin UK

Plotinus

#Patience Quotes #Running Quotes #Eye Quotes

“In some ways I'm still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I've gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.”
“As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others.”
“David Irving is under arrest in Austria for Holocaust denial. Perhaps there is a case for making climate change denial an offence - it is a crime against humanity after all.”

Source : "The Seeds of the Global Warming Police State" by Robert Tracinski, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 29, 2007.
“When Iâ€™m behind a camera I forget I exist”
“[James] Baldwin explained that you have your own history, and that you cannot be responsible, for example, for slavery.”
“I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music is way more complicated than that.”
“They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls.”
“Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.”

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