“It hit me like a thunderbolt!”
Rio Ferdinand (1978) English association football player
Rio on how the drugs ban affected himhttp://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/AFP/2003/12/22/339495?extID=10037&oliID=229
“You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo”
Source: The Godfather
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“"The thunderbolt, ay, where the thunderbolt?" Apollo laments.”
Fulmen, io ubi fulmen?' ait. gemit auctor Apollo.
Fulmen, io ubi fulmen?'
ait. gemit auctor Apollo.
Source: Thebaid, Book X, Line 889 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
“One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Restless
Song lyrics, Breaking Hearts (1984)
Rick Perry (1950) 14th and current United States Secretary of Energy
Campaign advertisement, December 2011
2011
“They wonder in silence and turn pale for the dubious thunderbolt.”
Mirantur taciti et dubio pro fulmine pallent.
Source: Thebaid, Book X, Line 920
Richard Pryor (1940–2005) American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer, and MC
"The time of his life", in The Guardian (7 June 2004)
U.G. Krishnamurti (1918–2007) Indian philosopher
Part 1: U.G.
The Mystique of Enlightenment (1982)
Context: People call me an enlightened man — I detest that term — they can't find any other word to describe the way I am functioning. At the same time, I point out that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all. I say that because all my life I've searched and wanted to be an enlightened man, and I discovered that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all, and so the question whether a particular person is enlightened or not doesn't arise. I don't give a hoot for a sixth-century-BC Buddha, let alone all the other claimants we have in our midst. They are a bunch of exploiters, thriving on the gullibility of the people. There is no power outside of man. Man has created God out of fear. So the problem is fear and not God.
I discovered for myself and by myself that there is no self to realize. That's the realization I am talking about. It comes as a shattering blow. It hits you like a thunderbolt. You have invested everything in one basket, self-realization, and, in the end, suddenly you discover that there is no self to discover, no self to realize.