"At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service."

-- Dave Reichert

#Country Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Loss Quotes

“How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?”
“All true religion, all true morality, all true mysticism have but one object, and that is to act on humanity, collective and individual, in such a manner that it shall correspond efficiently with the great law of development, and co-operate consciously therewith to achieve the end of development.”

Source : Arthur Edward Waite (2003). “Devil-Worship in France: With Diana Vaughn and the Question of Modern Palladism”, p.219, Weiser Books
“If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.”
“The artist's knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence.”
“Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.”

Source : Henry Moore (1986). “Henry Moore”, Hodder & Stoughton
“Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.”
“In modern physics, the universe is experienced as a dynamic inseparable whole which always includes the observer in an essential way.”
“Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.”

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