“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”
"It’s true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly achieve in an age."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"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