Referring to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in a speech in Hartford, Connecticut (25 February 1956)
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
On Italy, as reported in "Italy on 'edge of abyss', says Silvio Berlusconi, offering a hand" in The Guardian (9 December 2012) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/09/italy-edge-abyss-silvio-berlusconi <br class="br">2012
“Ah, what balance is needed at
the edges of such an abyss.”
R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet
"Threshold", p. 110
Between Here and Now (1981)
Context: Ah, what balance is needed at
the edges of such an abyss.
I am left alone on the surface
of a turning planet. What to do but, like Michelangelo’s
Adam, put my hand
out into unknown space,
hoping for the reciprocating touch?
Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985) Novelist
"Honoria" (1957); republished in The New American, Vol. 19, No. 20, (6 October 2003)
1950s
Sharron Angle (1949) Former member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007
campaign appearance, 2010-05-14
“I have gazed into the abyss, and the abyss has gazed into me. And neither of us liked what we saw.”
Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian
[Brother Theodore Complete Collection on Letterman, 1982-89, Don Giller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5fVnHWUl4]
Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993) Russian monk, theologian and writer
In conversation with Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopedi, 20 September 1992
Others
Source: [PEMPTOUSIA: A Conversation with Elder Sophrony, 12 July 2015, https://pemptousia.com/2015/07/a-conversation-with-the-elder-sophrony/, 11 July 2021]
Henry Adams (1838–1918) journalist, historian, academic, novelist
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
spirituality and consciousness
Mike Pence (1959) 48th Vice President of the United States
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
