quotes about Black Clothes

“Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who shall gather there in after times what manhood could do and dare for right, and what high examples of virtue and valor have gone before them. But let us make our offering to the ever-living soul. Let us build our benefactions in the ever-growing heart, that they shall live and rise and spread in blessing beyond our sight, beyond the ken of man and beyond the touch of time.”

“The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.”

Source : "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

“Art consists in making others feel what we feel.”

“My mother as a young girl went out with a young SS officer and she didn't really know what was going on - she just liked the uniform. When he told her about the things that he did, she was disgusted and broke up with him.”

“I like people and I like hearing their stories. The way that they deliver them is always very particular and I think that their accents are integral to that.”

“Love, when released into the world, is like an intelligent energy that continues on and on, shaping the world in its own image.”

Source : "How to Serve Without Doing Anything... (in Particular)" by Garret LoPorto, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2009.

“Every man dies, but not every man truly lives.”

“It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.”

“We ascribe meanings because it is our nature to do so..We can no more see a thing without searching for a meaning than we can see a snag in a robe without pulling on the loose thread.”

“I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion,”