“I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.”
1990s, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
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I Feel the Earth Move · performance on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHuxpa4h48
Song lyrics, Tapestry (1971)
Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 193
“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited.”
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989), Farewell Address (1989)
Context: I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
Rocinante was the name of Don Quixotes' horse.
Last Letter to his Parents (1965)
“I am able to approach the Buddhas barefoot and undisturbed, my feet in wet grass, wet sand.”
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton (1975) Part One : Ceylon / November 29 - December 6.
Context: I am able to approach the Buddhas barefoot and undisturbed, my feet in wet grass, wet sand. Then the silence of the extraordinary faces. The great smiles. Huge and yet subtle. Filled with every possibility, questioning nothing, knowing everything, rejecting nothing, the peace not of emotional resignation but of Madhyamika, of sunyata, that has seen through every question without trying to discredit anyone or anything — without refutation — without establishing some other argument. For the doctrinaire, the mind that needs well-established positions, such peace, such silence, can be frightening.
The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)