“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
- Charles Dickens
Belief
"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"
- Charles Dickens
Joy
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
- Charles Dickens
Belief
"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself."
- Charles Dickens
Faith
"God bless us, every one!"
- Charles Dickens
Compassion
"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