"Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath."

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Alexander Pope

#Zephyr Quotes #Breathe Quotes #Train Quotes

“Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
“If you donâ€™t know the men at your back by name, donâ€™t be surprised if they wonâ€™t follow you into battle. On the other hand, donâ€™t be surprised if they will, either, because there are countless other factors you must take into account. Leadership is a slippery commodity, not easily manufactured or understood.”
“As far as Deep Purple goes, I mean, they're iconic. Their contribution is unquantifiable, and as far as the politics involved in things like awards, you know, I don't think anything, because I know what they mean to me, and I know what they mean to the people who like them. Awards are very politically based.”
“The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up.”
“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.”
“The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair”
“The course of history as a whole is no object of experience; history has no eidos, because the course of history extends into the unknown future.”

Source : Eric Voegelin, James L. Wizer (1998). “The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin”, p.185, University of Missouri Press

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