"The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain, The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord, Some back a mare thrown from a thoroughbred, Troy backed its Helen, Troy died and adored; Great nations blossom above, A slave bows down to a slave."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Loyalty Quotes #Pride Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.”
“Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are”
“There are vices which have no hold upon us, but in connection with others; and which, when you cut down the trunk, fall like the branches.”
“If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.”
“When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery: today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long.”
“I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.”
“The most powerful ideologies are not those that prevail against all challengers but those that are never challenged because in their ubiquity they appear as nothing more than the unadorned truth.”

Source : Michael Parenti (2013). “Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader”, p.36, City Lights Books
“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”

Source : John H. Groberg (1993). “The Other Side of Heaven”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

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