“A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.”
"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."
- H. L. Mencken
Love
"Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull."
- H. L. Mencken
Love
"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
- H. L. Mencken
Belief
"The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike."
- H. L. Mencken
Inspiration
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
- H. L. Mencken
Wisdom
"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