"As o'er the stormy sea of human Life We sail, until our anchor'd spirits rest In the far haven of Eternity,..."

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Source : Robert Montgomery (1829). “A universal prayer ; Death ; A vision of heaven ; and A vision of hell”, p.15

Robert Montgomery

#Death Quotes #Anchors Quotes #Sea Quotes

“It was Miles Davis who took me to New York, and Coltrane was in the band, as well as Paul Chambers, Philly Jo Jones. 'Trane took me aside, and, of course, we did Blue Trane, which was my first album-and that started everything. He had confidence that I didn't have; he saw something that I didn't see.”
“We cannot sense without acting and we cannot act without sensing.”
“Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?”
“Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.”
“Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like this ... The real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness.”
“The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.”

Source : Mary Brave Bird, Richard Erdoes (2007). “Ohitika Woman”, p.220, Grove Press
“Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.”
“Marriage is rarely bliss But, surely it would be worse As particles to pelt At thousands of miles per sec About a universe In which a lover's kiss Would either not be felt Or break the loved one's neck.”

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