"In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs."

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Source : William Bligh (1838). “A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty”, p.12

William Bligh

#Summer Quotes #Fog Quotes #Years Quotes

“Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.Â Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony.”
“Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life.”
“I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.”
“I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.”
“But I think people, especially white people, have to come to understand that the language of the ghetto is a language of its own, and as the party- whose members for the most part come from the ghetto- seeks to talk to the people, it must speak the people's language.”

Source : The Guardian Interview, February 1970.
“The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.”
“What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.”
“If Bible Christianity is to survive the present world upheaval, we shall need to have a fresh revelation of the greatness and the beauty of Jesus.... He alone can raise our cold hearts to rapture and restore again the art of true worship.”

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