David Lavender quotes

“At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety.”
-- David Lavender

#Country Quotes #Dawn Quotes #Awakening Quotes

“Into my hear an air that kills through yon far country blows what are those blue remembered hills what spires,what farms are those? that is the land of lost content I can see it shining plain the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.”

“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”

“A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.”

“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”

“But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.”

Source : Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

“Dawn was breaking, like the light from another world.”

“All the mortal world is a lethal enemy during those hours between dawn and dusk.”

“How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.”

Source : Bill W. (1976). “Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism”

“Your greatest awakening comes, when you are aware about your infinite nature.”

“The more something upsets you, the more it is meant for you. When it no longer upsets you, it is no longer needed because the lesson is complete.”