#fallen

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#darkness #enlightened #even #fall #fallen

If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#been #constantly #fallen #graves #green

As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest. ↗

— Jon Porter

#being #continue #ensuring #fallen #fight

I had fallen in love with California. ↗

— DeForest Kelley

#fallen #had #i #love

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#eyesight #fallen #faulty #four #life

I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#fallen #funny #how #i #life

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#before #fallen #few #husband #i

He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #simon-lewis #angels

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#fallen #hasn #i #life #lifeless

The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#administration #capitol #chairman #committee #concerns