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Desmond Leslie
12 quotes
“Coming into San Diego we saw a beautiful golden ship in the sunset, but brighter than the sunset. I had ten-power binoculars with me, and was able to study it for half a minute from the halted car. It slowly faded out, the way they do... We have been given their simple philosophy. It runs parallel with the original teachings of Jesus.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Agnes Bernelle in All the Planets are Inhabited! Weekend Mail, (26 August 1954)
“Of all the contactees, Adamski attracted the most controversy and odium; and none but a man of his strength of character could have survived the onslaught.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Flying Saucers Have Landed Revised and Enlarged edition, London: Neville Spearman (1970)
“Why should they risk a public landing? Their ship would be impounded for evasion of custom duties. Their clothes would be torn off and sold as souvenirs.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Obituary, The Telegraph (20 Mar 2001)
“Out of nowhere I have appeared. They see me for the first time. No longer the image, but reality. They see and they hear me. I raise my arms, and the gasps and babble die down. I begin to speak the words we knew and decided long ago. Each hears me in his own tongue. (p.200)”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How do you speak that all men may hear you in their own tongues? It is an art known and practiced by teachers of old.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not judge them, criticise nor take sides. I address them as representatives of the human race, nothing more. Then I project a picture of the world divided against itself into countless pockets of insanity, and with it the question why this should be so? Why should semi-rational beings behave worse than those with no reason at all- Why ?”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I ask... What would they do if every nation had unlimited electrical power-power for the taking-power costing nothing to obtain and available to all men equally?”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now let us see what he can do with it. Let us see if, under easier conditions, he is able to build the planetary paradise he has always desired, or will abuse his new leisure to the destruction of his soul. Let us see if godly power will make him a little more godlike. (p. 201)”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see here some foolish ones fidgeting and wondering why the guards do not remove me from the floor. Save your energy, for the guards cannot touch me. Nor can you so much as rise from your seats to lay hands on me. Try it, if you do not believe me.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This power, I tell them, shall change the face of the Earth. No more shall small groups, nor even single men, be able to rule multitudes through hunger in their bellies; for there shall no more be hunger nor want nor cold; and in time again there shall be no more disease, for as man learns to live in harmony with nature, instead of continually struggling against it, he will destroy the cause of disease. (p. 206)”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For this we have lived; for this we have planned; for this have many died and suffered. You were told and you scoffed, that the meek shall inherit the Earth. But I say to you the day has come when the man of peace and brotherhood shall Inherit the kingdom he will build. But those who oppose it shall never again tread this long-suffering Earth. Those who wish to live shall live; but those who cannot live without destroying, shall themselves be destroyed, till the end of time. It is for you, and you alone, to make the choice. Think well, for the great heritage is yours.”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only minutes were required to impress these thoughts indelibly on their minds, for a thought is instantaneous and its grasping depends on its strength and clarity.(p. 211)”
Desmond Leslie (1921–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source