“In nature, a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.”
"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be."
- Anton Chekhov
Love
"Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other"
- Anton Chekhov
Balance
"People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy."
- Anton Chekhov
Happiness
"There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday."
- Anton Chekhov
Happiness
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."
- Anton Chekhov
Happiness
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy