"As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of those who had gone before, were all up there, and I could visualise, I could hear voices and amongst those voices was the voice of my grandfather saying, 'It's alright now boy, you are finally in the council with the Australian Elders. Everything is now going to be alright.'"

-- Neville Bonner

#Leadership Quotes #Boys Quotes #Voice Quotes

“In modern physics, the universe is experienced as a dynamic inseparable whole which always includes the observer in an essential way.”
“I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found that I would have to go against the current.”
“But all I feel is impatience, fury for the opposition I anticipate and the lies I'm going to have to tell to make it happen, and frustration that I can't even take a walk without them sending someone to hover. Attack me," she said. "I beg your pardon, Lady Queen?" "You should attack me, and we'll see what he does. He's probably quite bored--it'll be a relief to him." "Mightn't he run me through with his sword?" "Oh." Bitterblue chuckled. "Yes, I suppose he might. That would be a shame." "I'm gratified that you think so," said Giddon dryly.”
“For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.”
“I'm a member of that half of the human race which is inclined to divide the human race into two kinds of people. My dividing line runs between the people who crave certainty and the people who trust chance.”
“In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.”
“The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer”

Source : Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph
“I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.”

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