Quotes of Vistum - somelinesforyou

“ In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all. ”

- Helmut Walcha

“ After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ Events are the ephemera of history; they pass across its stage like fireflies, hardly glimpsed before they settle back into darkness and as often as not into oblivion. Every event, however brief, has to be sure a contribution to make, lights up some dark corner or even some wide vista of history. ”

- Fernand Braudel
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