"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