Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

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"Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life."

- Jean Paul

Hope

"There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know."

- Jean Paul

Adversity

"The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."

- Jean Paul

Reflection

"What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease."

- Jean Paul

Reflection

"Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven."

- Jean Paul

Wisdom

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"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