"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty."
- Frank Herbert
Compassion
"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."
- Frank Herbert
Personal Growth
"The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind."
- Frank Herbert
Resilience
"One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things."
- Frank Herbert
Learning
"Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality."
- Frank Herbert
Respect
"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