“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”
"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles."
- Charlie Chaplin
Awareness
"We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness."
- Charlie Chaplin
Compassion
"Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But, life salutes you when you make others happy."
- Charlie Chaplin
Compassion
"My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain."
- Charlie Chaplin
Compassion
"We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery."
- Charlie Chaplin
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