“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”
"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."
- Eric Hoffer
Awareness
"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."
- Eric Hoffer
Compassion
"How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty."
- Eric Hoffer
Adversity
"Creativity is discontent translated into arts."
- Eric Hoffer
Creativity
"Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature."
- Eric Hoffer
Creativity
"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