“If it were worth while to argue a paradox, one might maintain that nature regards the female as the essential, the male as the superfluity of her world. Perhaps the best starting-point for study of the Virgin would be a practical acquaintance with bees, and especially with queen bees.”
"A teacher touches eternity; they can never tell where their effect finishes."
- Henry Adams
Inspiration
"Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see."
- Henry Adams
Insight
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
- Henry Adams
Education
"A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops."
- Henry Adams
Education
"A teacher has an effect on eternity: he never knows where his influence ends."
- Henry Adams
Influence
"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