“Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.”
"An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate."
- Criss Jami
Awareness
"Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense."
- Criss Jami
Awareness
"To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others."
- Criss Jami
Belief
"Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters."
- Criss Jami
Compassion
"It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it."
- Criss Jami
Hope
"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